Manchester Raspberry Jam

For Digital Makers

Webcams and the Camera Module – by Ben Nuttall

Here are the slides from a talk on using USB Webcams and the Camera Module with a Raspberry Pi given (twice) by our organiser Ben Nuttall at the York Raspberry Jam held at the National STEM Centre. The talk covers how to take pictures using a normal webcam, or with the new camera module, how to automate picture taking, manage copying and synchronising files between your Pi and your computer and setting up for time-lapse photography.

Here is an example Ben made of using the Raspberry Pi camera module for a time-lapse – 1 picture per minute over nearly 24 hours:

And another: