for Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3 Wide, 120° IMX708 Manual Focus Pi Camera V3 with M12 Lens, 15cm 15-22 Pin FFC Cable

Nice camera but more than I needed. RPi 5 requires 2 narrow ends on ribbon cable with this can. It's provided but short at 250 mm length. Follow the configuration edits for RPi operation. Fairly painless "Bookworm " installation with the configuration edits. Works great with installation of XRDP in Bookworm for Remote Desktop connection to rpi from Windows 11 and video stream connection. Don't use auto login on RPi if you're going to Remote Desktop.

I have multiple 3D printers and I use a Raspberry Pi with cameras to monitor and control the printers. I have a couple of the Arducam for Raspberry Pi Camera Modules and they all work great. It will plug right into the Raspberry Pi and work natively.It is a manual focus camera which is what you want as an autofocus camera will constantly try to focus with a moving background. Using a manual focus, you can use a focal point where the print is located. With the wide HFOV, you can be closer to the print bed and still see the entire bed.Of course, it can be used for a large variety of applications and projects. As I have used them before, I can absolutely recommend the Arducam for Raspberry Pi Camera Module!

I'm not saying this is good or bad but I had to issue setting this up for the purposes I needed

The picture quality is bar none for a raspberry pi. The only challenge is the lens. If gives a good wide angle view that is very clear, but it’s so large it can be hard to fit into places. I think if you want to use this for a DIY security camera it will work perfect, for my use case of a 3D printer camera, I had a hard time finding an adequate place to mount it.

For $37 it's pretty good value to get up and running with a camera. Note, as explained in the posting this one does not include a cable for the pi zero family. Also the web page has a lot of good info - the link is kind of buried but it is a bit.ly one. The site has steps and helpful examples.

Bought this for my Octoprint setup. While the camera itself is good, the small 22-pin connector on the camera means you're limited in longer cable options. I wasn't able to find one long enough that I could use it on my Octoprint setup. I would have been much happier with the standard 15-pin connector on the board.

loved this camera…..I see, they redesigned the ribbon cable connector in the back of the camera… Despite ordering this same item before, a different item arrived, different by a couple of front chips and a ribbon cable.I now don’t have the cable to plug this into my raspberry pie 4.

They are serious when they say you need to be on the latest software/firmware. If your commands look like "raspistill" rather than "libcamera" you are on the wrong OS and it won't work. I don't think there is any way to make this run on Buster-you'll absolutely need Bullseye. Even then, you need to go to the website to change a couple of settings in the boot up config file to enable this. Once you do, yes, it works nice with a nice clear image.The included flyer lists a dead website. Search for "Arducam" and once there find the IMX708 page. It's easy enough to get it going from there-once you are on the Bullseye version of the Raspberry Pi OS. That whole process took me almost two days of hits and misses to get from Buster to Bullseye. Of course I wasted a lot of time trying to cheat the upgrade process. Once I went with a complete fresh install things fell into place.Shipped in the smallest possible anti-static bag, inside the smallest possible box, with the smallest possible instruction sheet. I guess they could have sent an even smaller ribbon cable, but the included one is certainly not too generous.Camera works, gives nice quality images and should fulfill most needs. It will help a lot if you are well familiar with the current state of Raspberry affairs.