{"video_id":"bKLM_tWOoYg","title":"Building your own camera - Stupid or Genius?","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2021-05-05T14:53:29Z","duration_s":591,"segments":[{"start_s":0.24,"end_s":6.799,"text":"if you're anything like me you saw the new high quality camera from the pi","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":4.319,"end_s":10.24,"text":"foundation and thought well the pi foundation comes out with some versatile","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":8.72,"end_s":16.16,"text":"and affordable hardware like the raspberry pi surely with a name like","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":12.559,"end_s":18.16,"text":"that it must be two things a camera and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":16.16,"end_s":22.08,"text":"high quality but what do words mean","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":20.96,"end_s":25.519,"text":"this is clearly not a camera until you 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it and by quality do they mean it never breaks down or do they mean it takes good pictures can this really be better than the other options out there can our sponsor ridge wallet really redefine the wallet with his compact frame and rfid blocking plates well they sure want to check out how they can keep your wallet bulge down and use our offer code Linus to save 10 and get free worldwide shipping the high quality camera is the pi foundation's third generation camera module it's compatible with every raz pi except the early pi zeros and like the v1 and v2 it connects to your raspberry pi with a ribbon cable via its mipi csi 2 serial interface now as you'd expect from a pi product the module has surprisingly competent specs at least on paper including sony's imx 477 sensor which is similar to what you'd find in a gopro or a dji mavic a tripod mount and a built-in metal lens mount that feels well high quality as you'd also expect it's reasonably priced at just fifty dollars although by the time you factor in everything else you're going to need a raspi sd card and lens it's more like a hundred to two hundred dollars it's not strictly necessary by the way but for bonus marks we also 3d printed a housing for ours that both protects it from incidental static discharge and from bumps and allows us to use it like a point-and-shoot camera so our config came in at about 185 dollars now you obviously won't get the water resistance or image stabilization that you'd find on a gopro but for the price it actually still looks pretty good this sensor captures 12.33 megapixel stills in jpeg png and even raw and we can even shoot video at up to 1080p 50fps h.264 it supports changing the iso shutter speed white balance you know all the usual camera controls and thanks to its c-mount lens flange pretty much any lens from very cheap to very expensive can be made to fit with the right adapter you can even do in-camera image processing like balancing colors or adding filters like an oil paint or watercolor effect to your image if you're feeling adventurous you can add some ai and get notified when your neighbor takes your parking spot with basic image recognition you can make your own smart door with alexa integration or you can have a highly customizable security camera with features that match or even exceed some of the high-end systems out there maybe the coolest part is that it also happens to be a whole computer with a built-in browser for you to check out lttstore.com but there is a gotcha to explain let's talk semantics the raspberry pi foundation calls this a camera module in their documentation but some other mipi camera makers draw a distinction between a sensor module which contains no isp or image signal processor on board meaning that the attached computer has to do all the work of denoising and debayering the raw sensor data and a camera module which does contain an isp and outputs a pre-processed image to the host computer which in many cases would also be a raspi or similar now a camera module costs more but that extra hardware can perform more advanced processing compared to the raspberry pi's built-in isp or it can free up processing resources that can instead be dedicated to things like scene detection and facial recognition it can also act as a kind of translation layer simplifying upgrades by allowing the host system which remember might not necessarily be a raspberry pi to reuse existing drivers and software rather than requiring new ones to be written every time you want to plug in a new sensor so the gotcha by some definitions this is a sensor module which hasn't gotten much software support yet meaning that there are only a few graphical user interfaces that work with it at all and even those have their limits pi camera app for example gives you an easy ish to use interface and support for both photo and video but it hasn't been updated in nearly five years other than a bug fix back in january and might never be updated to fully support the new modules full resolution and features that means to unlock its full potential you'll need to have the know-how and patience to adjust parameters in command line now it isn't all that difficult and the provided guide has all the commands listed for easy reference with a short summary of each function but it's very clear that if your goal is to quickly capture the moment this ain't it chief which isn't to say that we didn't try armed with our 3d printed high quality camera and a 3d printed tripod brandon went on a photography expedition and he's back to tell you about his findings let me start by saying this camera is such a cool idea it's small it's cheap and like all pi products your imagination is the limit to its use now i took the camera out for about an hour and while it was a fun new experience i am overall disappointed with the results in my testing i took the raspi camera out into the world with a pixel 4 for comparison i did my best to match the composition of the razpi camera on the pixel 4 since they were vastly different fields of view our razpi camera setup was a very rough experience to use and we had to use command line for all the actual camera functions so i definitely would have preferred to have a dedicated shutter button usability aside how does it compare to something like the pixel 4 well that is where things get worse for the raspi camera let's start with the positives when it comes to the stills the raspi camera does an above average job with overall sharpness and detail thanks to the sony imx 477 sensor unfortunately compared to the pixel 4 stills which i even zoomed in on to better match the field of views between the cameras the razpi has some rough processing issues in all the photos i took there is a clear magenta cast in the photos it does a good job of isolating subjects with a shallow depth of field but especially since these c-mount lenses aren't anything special in terms of optics the pixel 4's portrait mode produces just as if not a more pleasing bokeh video wise unfortunately the story is similar the video is soft lacks overall dynamic range the detail can be improved a reasonable amount with higher quality lenses but the sensor with this current processing feels like a phone video from about four years ago it really goes to show that all the years of r d google and apple have put into image processing make all the difference in a great result when you're working with limited hardware i am sure with the right engineers working on the processing this sensor module could be used for content creation but for now it is best to use it for the many other applications you would use a camera for in general well that's a bummer but realistically i wasn't expecting a 50 module to replace a purpose-built camera anyway so let's talk about what it's actually good for in practical terms if i wanted a solution for monitoring my farm of 3d printers or my lab experiment the usability deficiencies here are less important and it does live up to its name pretty well offering high quality especially for the cost the raspberry pi foundation has also committed to producing these things until at least 2026 so unlike some other sensor modules i can count on future availability if i need more so the reason it exists falls in line perfectly with the raspberry pi foundation's overall goal of putting the power of computing and digital making into the hands of people all over the world it might not be the best camera in an apples to apples comparison with a phone for example but it is a great camera for experiments education and just cool projects that can benefit from high quality but don't need the best quality in conclusion then it's not dumb to build your own camera but if you have a somewhat recent phone you're probably going to want to stick with that thanks to ifixit for sponsoring today's video ifixit wants to make sure you have the right bit for the job and with ifixit you can take apart almost all your electronics depending on which kit you pick the mako has its small 64 bits the mahi has larger bits and 48 of them the manta has all the bits at a whopping 112 and each kit includes one of ifixit's famous swivel knurled screwdrivers ifixit kits are contained in a magnetic enclosed case and all the tools are held together with laser cut foam for your convenience check it out at ifixit.com forward slash Linus we're gonna have that linked below if you guys enjoyed this video you might also enjoy our uh cheap home security camera video that we did a little while ago when i was super mad about uh subscription subscription fees on the you know affordable consumer cameras it was also raspberry pi based you'll have a look"}