Product Description:
This product is a USB interface camera, designed to work compatibly with all revisions of the Pi. It features a focusing range up to a maximum of 20MM.
The video resolution it provides is 640480. With a compact size of 3.8cm1.5cm*3cm, this camera also offers a scalable line up to 65cm at its longest.
Working with this camera involves different simple steps which will include adjusting focus, shooting video, playing video, and taking photos.
To optimize focus, test the USB camera with your computer and make suitable adjustments to best align with your display resolution.
To shoot videos, update and install ffmpeg using the command lines ‘sudo apt-get update’ and ‘sudo apt-get install ffmpeg’, then input ‘avconv -f video4linux2 -r 7 -s 640×480 -i /dev/video0 video0.avi’.
To play videos, use ‘omxplayer -o hdmi video0.avi’.
The process to take photos involves the installation of fswebcam software with ‘sudo apt-get install fswebcam’, followed by image capturing using ‘fswebcam -r 640×480 image.jpg’.
