This started out as just me wanting to try round displays and the 5D directional pad... but as I worked on the project I realized the body could be modular eg. swap the camera module/front plate or back plate.
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The software used by the Modular Pi Cam 2 (mpi cam 2) is mostly the same as the Pi Zero HQ cam with some upgrades like different display and detecting camera.
I think it's pyaudio but haven't pinned down the reason
I went to a nice park as a result of the local one being closed, it was a great decision that place is way bigger though farther away but still not a bad drive
Today was an amazing day at a park I hadn't been to before, I can feel my arms still burning ha I was in the sun for so long
The segfault stuff kept happening but the systemd service would restart itself and the video/audio merge in general was fine
I'm starting to envision the next stage as I use this camera more and more
More cameras...
For some reason the color yellow... is in my mind
And a flip display/camcorder style plus sliding rail stabilizer for the lens so videos look better... may make more sense to have an outside/full body gimbal but still. Because the sensor one also has to hold up lenses attached to it.
Oh yeah the other thing is small steppers that autofocus the lens. I've done some work with that (laplace).
So I went out and used this thing as I normally would with any other camera (Nex 5n, A7 II or A7R III). I'm not a professional photographer, I just like going to the park and shooting macro.
Can see I shot 72 images or tried to some failed.
Today was spurred on by my investigation/comparison of two 16mm telephoto (blue ring) lenses to see if I got a bad batch (first one) or if this is how they are (bad bokeh/highlight at low aperture).
As far as how many I consider good/came out... let's see.
I also want to note, the auto light/color balance was not good sometimes... if I was looking towards the sun it would get so dark all the colors would be lost eg. green grass. Which I know that is a thing but still.
First impressions of photos...
F1.8 is pretty soft for some reason, 2.8 is good
Bee midflight
1.4 or that area blooming?
Heron on a tree, I didn't have the reach sadly
This one's cool
This one's nice
Bumblee
The issue is not as prominent here so I think this lens is better
Last pic
Here's a bonus video
I shoot these blind (no live preview) because I have to figure out how to do that with the SPI display.
I will say... I'm still generally unsatisfied with these photos, the quality specifically. I still have to get one of the "real lens" adapters and use a real camera lens to see if that helps but it may just be the sensor too. My specific use case is putting my photos on my 32" 1440P ultrawide monitor and the photos on there now are from 16MP, 24MP and 42MP cameras... and real glass so not fair but yeah.
Got some decent shots, only used the Arducam 8-50mm. I did buy a second 16mm telephoto lens to see if the crazy highlights are just how the lens are or if I got a bad one. That's still being shipped.
I think these two were the best shot of the day though
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