Arducam for Raspberry Pi Camera Module 8 Megapixel, 1080P IMX219 Camera Module Compatible with Raspberry Pi 5, 4 Model B, Pi 3/3B+, and Pi Zero 2W (RPI-CAM-8MP + 5.9"/150mm Flex Cable + Pi Zero Cable)

Nice camera, pretty good value for the money. The camera takes nice pictures and works pretty seamlessly with the Pi (3B+ in my case). The ribbon cables are notoriously fickle for long distances, so if you plan on using a long cable look into an hdmi extender.

Great little camera, but I had to do a ton of research online. I installed it on a Pi 5, MIPI DSI 0. Not only had to monkey around with the /boot/firmware/config.txt a number of times, but also had to mess with a few different libraries/packages. It comes with two ribbon cables and on a Pi 5, the one you want is the narrow one on both ends. What irks me beyond reproach, is the fact that there is no standard for these camera manufacturers. Installing the ribbon goes one way for one, but the other way on another. And as far as the web goes, when trying to find out which way to insert the ribbon, you'll find it described both ways at a number of sites. It's quite frustrating. After a few tries, and tearing the hell out of the Pi 5 CSI socket, I finally got it to work. For this camera, the ribbon contacts go towards the ethernet port on a Pi 5, and the contacts go towards the back side of the camera.

I ordered two of these. One came as advertised with a 15 pin CSI connector and a couple of accessory cables; this one was labeled v2.2 rev D. The other came with a 22 pin CSI connector and no accessory cables; this one was labeled v2.3 rev E. Packaging were identical for both, SKU was identical (B0390), purchased at the same time.This camera advertises 15 pin CSI connector with accessory cables. Not sure what happened with the second camera but seems like there is some QA that ArduCam needs to be doing.

I am really not happy with this camera. It is not compatible with open cv. the 1mx219 does not have a linux driver, which limits how usefull it is for facial recognition, yes you can MAKE IT WORK,with a lot of hassle and by doing some creative coding, but who wants something you can make work in the applications you got it for. If you just want a simple web cam type of thing, then this an ok camera... but lack of a linux driver would have been a deal breaker for me.

This camera says it works well for Raspberry Pis and OctoPi, but there are numerous steps and workarounds to get the camera working. I had to use a beta channel of OctoPI to get the camera to work.The documentation is also minimal. There are a number of features or facts about the camera that I learned from third party sources. The naming scheme is used inconsistently in online documentation, which is really frustrating when trying to search online for help, and my forum post asking for help is in the first page of Google results for "Arducam B0390" which is the brand and model number.The performance also isn't great either. This camera doesn't have native JPG streaming so my Raspberry Pi 4 has one core locked at 100% to render a frame or two every second, because it has to encode the image.All in all, I spent maybe a dozen hours testing, troubleshooting, and flashing OSes to try and get this to work. Save yourself the hassle and get a more "official" Raspberry Pi camera that works with the current version of Raspbian out of the box.

doesn't work.

24 Dec 2022:This is a review of the IMX219 CAM for RPI.Turned off and removed power from rPi 4 (8gb).Installed camera appropriately, ensured blue was facing USB ports and ask connections were secure.$ sudo raspi-config; camera "enabled"$ sudo reboot$ sudo raspistill -t 0mmal: mmal_vc_component_enable: failed to enable component: ENOSPCmmal: camera component couldn't be enabledmmal: main: Failed to create camera componentmmal: Failed to run camera app. Please check for firmware updatesNOTE: I opted for a replacement as opposed to a refund. It is scheduled to arrive 28 Dec 2022 and I will post an update.Second camera, still not working.Raspberry Pi 4 8gbDebian 11 Bullseye fresh installERROR V4L2 v4l2_videodevice.cpp:1047 /dev/video0[13:cap]: Unable to set format: Device or resource busy

I spent 5 days working to get this working with my RPi and managed a total of 4 still pictures and no video. I tried with and without their recommended settings and their drivers, as well as changing between Octoprinter-Docker, OctoPi, MainsailOS with no further luck. Running it through pycamera2 crashed python repeatedly. I followed all the instructions in the box, the Arducam website, their help section and many reddit and stack overflow threads. Many of the problems I was running into had been asked of their support staff with only a half answer and no full solution.