{"id":4985,"date":"2023-08-29T10:22:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T10:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/picockpit.com\/raspberry-pi\/?p=4985"},"modified":"2023-08-29T10:28:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T10:28:54","slug":"paragon-project-the-ultimate-pi-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/picockpit.com\/raspberry-pi\/paragon-project-the-ultimate-pi-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"Paragon Project: The Ultimate Pi Camera"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ever tried to take a photo of the moon? You invariably end up with a tiny white dot, right? Well, this project finally makes it possible to take high-quality photos of the moon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s creator – doomMonkey266 over on reddit<\/a> – calls it “The ZoomPi”, but we here at PiCockpit have taken to calling it The Ultimate Pi Camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re looking to capture high-resolution photos (or video) and have them stream in real-time, then this is absolutely the Pi camera that you need!<\/p>\n\n\n

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The hardware, as you can see in the photograph above, is also wonderfully straightforward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’ll need a lens (the lens in the photograph is a Tamron 80-210mm Canon EF lens) and a Raspberry Pi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aside from that, doomMonkey266 has decided to 3D print a mount for the lens and hook up the Raspberry Pi to a TP-Link for a strong internet connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find the files to 3D print the mount here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having a TP-Link can offer a number of benefits. For example, with a stronger WiFi signal, you can transfer images directly to the cloud. Alternatively, you could set this up to stream video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The possibilities are endless!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Software<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of endless, although doomMonkey266 doesn’t mention the software for this specific project, there are tons of options for turning a Raspberry Pi into a camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You could check out this page on image and video recording<\/a> with the Raspberry Pi, for instance. It outlines all sorts of tools to control a camera, like raspicam<\/a><\/em>, Motion<\/a><\/em>, and the RPi Cam Web Interface<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you’ve got everything set up, look at what becomes possible:<\/p>\n\n\n

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That’s it – a super accessible, super powerful Raspberry Pi camera. You could easily make this in no time at all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again, you can check out the details to make the Ultimate Pi Camera yourself over on the reddit page here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can see more Paragon Projects that we\u2019ve featured in this series by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After you photograph the moon, what’s next?<\/p>\n