The HQ shooter comes with a 12.3-megapixel sensor and support for C- and CS-mount lenses.
Raspberry Pi is hoping to capitalize on the pandemic hobby boon with a new 12.3-megapixel High Quality Camera and range of interchangeable lenses. It will allow you to kickstart your photography side hustle with an camera for $50 and lenses starting at $25 each.
The camera is compatible with most Raspberry Pi single-board computers—from the original Pi 1 Model B onward—the so-called „High Quality Camera“ features a 12.3-megapixel Sony IMX477 sensor, with 7.9mm diagonal image size, back-illuminated sensor architecture, adjustable back focus, and support for C- and CS-mount lenses.
„There has always been a big overlap between Raspberry Pi hackers and camera hackers,“ senior principal engineer Simon Martin wrote in a blog post. „Even back in 2012, people were finding interesting ways to squeeze more functionality out of DSLR cameras using their Raspberry Pi computers.
