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Official v3 camera module with Sony IMX708 Autofocus image sensor
- High resolution 12MP camera, available in standard 75° and wide angle 120° versions
- IMX708 sensor with I2C controllable focus actuator
- Embeds HDR mode to capture crisp, detailed photos and videos: ideal for your photography, surveillance,…
The v3 camera module offers some nice upgrades over its predecessor:
- Supports HDR mode to capture detailed and realistic photos and videos and
- Improved autofocus.
Features
- Sony IMX708 image sensor
- 11.9MP native resolution
- Motorized autofocus
- Phase Detection Auto Focus (PDAF) for fast focusing
- Angle: standard (75°) or wide angle (120°)
- 7.4mm sensor diagonal
- Pixel size: 1.4μm × 1.4μm
- Photo resolution: 4608 × 2592 pixels
- Video modes: 1080p50, 720p100, 480p120
- Output: RAW10
- HDR mode up to 3 megapixels
- High signal to noise ratio (SNR)
- Built-in 2D Dynamic Pixel Correction (DPC)
- Sensor with I2C controlled focus
- Connection via the supplied ribbon cable to the CSI port on your board Raspberry Pi
- Compatible with all Raspberry Pi models except Raspberry Pi 400 and the 2016 Zero launch version, which do not have a camera connector)
- Zero models require a camera cable for Raspberry Pi Zero
- Recommended configuration: libcamera-still from 06/01/2023 on Pi OS 32 bits Buster (desktop version to update)
- Python Picamera2 library compatible Raspberry Pi
- FPC cable connector: 16 × 1mm
- The Raspberry Pi 5 model requires a specific ribbon cable
- Dimensions standard version: 25 × 24 × 11.5mm
- Dimensions wide angle version: 25 × 24 × 12.4mm
- Weight: 4.3g
| Standard version | Wide angle version | |
| Focusing range |
10cm-∞ |
5cm-∞ |
| Focal length |
4.74mm |
2.75mm |
| Diagonal field of view | 75° | 120° |
| Horizontal field of view | 66° | 102° |
| Vertical field of view | 41° | 67° |
| Focal ratio | F1.8 | F2.2 |
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HDR
To fully understand HDR, it is necessary to look at the dynamics of the human eye vs. the dynamics of the photo sensor. Most modern sensors manage to achieve a dynamic range of about fifteen stops. As for the eye, it reaches a dynamic range between 20 to 24 stops. Therefore, a camera is unable to accurately reproduce the contrasting scene that you perceive. The camera will offer you an image with underexposed shadows or overexposed lights.
HDR mode provides a solution: instead of taking a single picture, HDR captures a series of images of the same scene at different exposures. This series is then stitched together into a single photo in which each light tone is better exposed. Dynamic range is intended to capture maximum detail in both very bright and very dark areas, giving richer colors and higher contrast. The very bright and the very dark parts of an image will be better rendered for a more natural result and close to reality!
