Supported cameras

[NMO]

Hi, can you give me some hints where I can find alternative cameras? I have the IMX219 which is included but I would need a camera which has global shutter and can be used with a zoom lense.

[Realizator]

Hi NMO,

This is a tricky border between the world of ready-to-use DIY cameras and advanced camera modules designed for electronics developers.

In our experience, the most friendly modules can be found at Arducam and Waveshare.

[NMO]

Thanks for the info!
No worries, the IMX219 is fine.
One more follow-up question: You mentioned here that the cameras should be calibrated using the newer fisheye calibration. Why fisheye calibration? The IMX219 are wide-angle cameras and not fisheye.

[Realizator]

Thanks for the info!
No worries, the IMX219 is fine.
One more follow-up question: You mentioned here that the cameras should be calibrated using the newer fisheye calibration. Why fisheye calibration? The IMX219 are wide-angle cameras and not fisheye.

well, the IMX219 is actually the optical sensor. And we have a bunch of camera modules built on it with a lot of different optics (normal, wide, extra wide/fisheye).
There are two reasons for using the fishey code:
- it's fresher
- it handles both "normal" and "fisheye" cameras equally well, so it's universal

That's fun, but even on "normal" cameras from RPi (declared as non-distortial), fisheye code finds and fixes small barrel distortion