Arducam for Raspberry Pi Camera Module with Case, 5MP 1080P for Raspberry Pi 5, 4, 3/3B+ and More

There is a lot I could say good about this purchase, like it is reasonably priced and the camera takes good pictures and works with my old fashioned, python, pi camera code on a Raspberry PI 3B, with Buster OS. It works without config changes anywhere. I wrote the code for the official Raspberry PI Camera V2 as well! Yet, I bought this product for the case alone. I use a few pieces of the case, with the supplied screws, to house the official Raspberry PI Camera V2 in such a way that I can slip it onto the tabs of the Adafruit, Mini Pan Tilt Kit -- see the picture. I simply had to shave a bit of material off the black plastic tabs of the pan-tilt kit so that the slots on this plastic case can fit over them. I put loop of masking tape behind the case to better secure it to the flat of the mini pan tilt kit. I am pleased with this purchase.

Could have had dual side stickers if screw option isn’t possible at some situations. The cam is beautifully crisp.

Yup, it works on my Pi 3B. Fixture was easy to assemble although no instructions were included. I used the Python Picamera2 library. Auto focus is pretty good.

The stand is laser cut plastic that still has thin paper coverings on each part. It took about 15 minutes to peel off all of those coverings. Wasted my time. I should have tested camera first before peeling the paper coverings and assembling the camera stand. Followed instructions, reseated cables, double checked cable orientation, updated software, camera still does not work. Indicator light does not turn on. DOA. Still, the seller reached out with assistance and that counts for a lot. I'd recommend giving them a second try.

The case is pain to assemble, but for my Raspberry Pi baby monitor this was perfect. The picture quality is good (it's a $10 camera, no one should expect absolutely perfect studio-quality photos). If you need to use the camera in low-light conditions, this isn't great for that either, but for a basic camera is pretty damn good especially at this price. The case is kinda annoying to put together but gets the job done! WARNING: it may seem like the camera doesn't work, but I used a more up-to-date version of raspian (both were buster, but one was missing some software update I could pull down with Apt update&&upgrade, dist-upgrade, or rpi-upgrade), it would recognize camera but couldn't initialize it. Tried it on my other pi and had no problems, switched their SD cards and it worked on the first one, so I know the camera, and CSI port worked. Just something to be aware of if you think you got a bunk camera! I ordered a replacement, and found this out after, so I'm keeping both.