Raspberry Pi HQ Camera and Arducam Lenses 12mm, 35mm Sonew 5mm (Indoor)

0:00 - 2:05 intro
2:05 - 2:10 compare all 3 focal lengths
2:10 - 4:28 12mm
4:29 - 4:55 5mm
4:55 - 6:21 35mm

Note: the RPi HQ cam can shoot 4056x3040 and in this video I mostly am streaming at 1024x720 then I cut it in half (50% resize) to fit it on the bottom left corner most of the time in this 1920x1080P video.

I ordered the two Arducam lenses from Cytron and the Sonew 5mm came from Amazon

Here are some raw full size images (54" away from wall).

5mm https://i.imgur.com/iVKnfc8.jpg
12mm https://i.imgur.com/QqdsGGA.jpg
35mm https://i.imgur.com/USZyEwb.jpg


Notes about each lens

5mm has a sliding internal focus moves
5mm uses the RPi C-CS adapter (taller)
12mm needs a custom riser to focus far on RPi
35mm uses RPi C-CS adapter
35mm the front rotating ring doesn't move much/do anything to the image
35mm the image above was with the focus ring at most-near position
35mm rotating from near to far makes the image worse


I will have outdoor footage once I design/build the camera for this.

I plan on having an OLED display that will do magnification so you can check focus/image sharpness.

I did see the random green flash at 4:27 not sure what made that

I will say making a "DSLR-like" camera out of this is a fool's errand as they say if you want good pictures. You can get a 16MP Nex-5N by Sony for $50 (no lens) that was a flag ship camera 12 years ago but still takes great pictures.

But it's fun to have a more interface-able thing like an RPi where you can build your own menu, write code, design a body, etc...