This tutorial explains how to interface RPi camera using Raspberry Pi 5.

Write this code in terminal window to check if the camera has been interfaced properly:

rpicam-hello

Write this code in terminal window to capture a still image:

rpicam-still -o Desktop/image.jpg

Write this code in terminal window to record a video:

rpicam-vid -o Desktop/video.mp4

Python Code example for camera preview:

import time
from picamera2 import Picamera2, Preview #picamera2 is the libcamera library version for raspberry pi cameras
#libcamera is older camera library
Picam2 = Picamera2() #create an object to reference Picamera2
picam2.start_preview(Preview.QTGL) #use GPU to display image
picam2.start()
time.sleep(5)
picam2.close()

Python Code example to flip camera preview:

import time
from picamera2 import Picamera2, Preview 
from libcamera import Transform

Picam2 = Picamera2() 
picam2.start_preview(Preview.QTGL, transform=Transform(hflip=True, vflip=True)) #flip camera 180 degrees
picam2.start()
time.sleep(5)
picam2.close()

Python Code example to capture image and save it in Desktop:

import time
from picamera2 import Picamera2, Preview 
from libcamera import Transform

Picam2 = Picamera2() 
#img_size = {"size":(1640,1232)}
#pic_config = picam2.create_still_configuration(img_size, transform=Transform(hflip=True, vflip=True))
#picam2.configure(pic_config)

picam2.start_and_capture_file("/home/ron/Desktop/new_image.jpg")
#picam2.start_and_capture_file(new_image.jpg") #save image in the same folder as Python code

time.sleep(5)
picam2.close()

Python Code example to record video and save it in Desktop:

import time
from picamera2 import Picamera2, Preview
from libcamera import Transform

picam2 = Picamera2()
#img_size = {"size":(1640,1232)}
#pic_config = picam2.create_still_configuration(img_size, transform=Transform(hflip=True, vflip=True))
#picam2.configure(pic_config)

picam2.start_and_record_video("/home/ron/Desktop/new_video.mp4", duration = 5, show_preview=True)

picam2.close()

Here is the link of our video tutorial for RPi camera module interfacing with Raspberry Pi 5:

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