Ken D'Ambrosio <k...@jots.org> writes: > On 2017-06-28 10:31, Richard Kolb II wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I'm looking into using a pine a64 running ubuntu mate to setup a time >> lapse photo using a standard digital camera controlled over USB. I >> haven't done a ton of research into it yet, but I wanted to see if >> anyone else has done something similar and had some advice/opinions. I >> was thinking of setting this up first as a way to capture an event >> going on, and second as a wildlife/security camera. > > Well, I bought the Pinebook, and -- given its price, among other things > -- seems like it would do a fine job using its webcam. But if you want > high quality stuff, I suppose a "real" camera is the way to fly, and not > a webcam (be it part of a Pinebook or something external).
I've been wanted to do some OpenCV projects, so I looked into webcams. You can get 1080p for under $50 now. Plug and go in Debian 8. (I actually bought 720p for $30, but had to do it twice because the first time I got one that was for video chat and didn't autofocus.) Obviously you can use a video cam for snapshots too, so this might be a good way to go. No need to worry about powering both the camera and the Pine. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/