The Raspberry Pi Camera Modules are official products from the Raspberry Pi Foundation. The original 5-megapixel model was released in 2013, and an 8-megapixel Camera Module v2 was released in 2016. For both iterations, there are visible light and infrared versions. A 12-megapixel High Quality Camera was released in 2020. There is no infrared version of the HQ Camera, however the IR Filter can be removed if required.
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Camera Module v1 |
Camera Module v2 |
HQ Camera |
| Net price |
$25 |
$25 |
$50 |
| Size |
Around 25 × 24 × 9 mm |
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38 x 38 x 18.4mm (excluding lens) |
| Weight |
3g |
3g |
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| Still resolution |
5 Megapixels |
8 Megapixels |
12.3 Megapixels |
| Video modes |
1080p30, 720p60 and 640 × 480p60/90 |
1080p30, 720p60 and 640 × 480p60/90 |
1080p30, 720p60 and 640 × 480p60/90 |
| Linux integration |
V4L2 driver available |
V4L2 driver available |
V4L2 driver available |
| C programming API |
OpenMAX IL and others available |
OpenMAX IL and others available |
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| Sensor |
OmniVision OV5647 |
Sony IMX219 |
Sony IMX477 |
| Sensor resolution |
2592 × 1944 pixels |
3280 × 2464 pixels |
4056 x 3040 pixels |
| Sensor image area |
3.76 × 2.74 mm |
3.68 x 2.76 mm (4.6 mm diagonal) |
6.287mm x 4.712 mm (7.9mm diagonal) |
| Pixel size |
1.4 µm × 1.4 µm |
1.12 µm x 1.12 µm |
1.55 µm x 1.55 µm |
| Optical size |
1/4" |
1/4" |
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| Full-frame SLR lens equivalent |
35 mm |
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| S/N ratio |
36 dB |
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| Dynamic range |
67 dB @ 8x gain |
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| Sensitivity |
680 mV/lux-sec |
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| Dark current |
16 mV/sec @ 60 C |
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| Well capacity |
4.3 Ke- |
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| Fixed focus |
1 m to infinity |
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N/A |
| Focal length |
3.60 mm +/- 0.01 |
3.04 mm |
Depends on lens |
| Horizontal field of view |
53.50 +/- 0.13 degrees |
62.2 degrees |
Depends on lens |
| Vertical field of view |
41.41 +/- 0.11 degrees |
48.8 degrees |
Depends on lens |
| Focal ratio (F-Stop) |
2.9 |
2.0 |
Depends on lens |
| Available |
Implemented |
| Chief ray angle correction |
Yes |
| Global and rolling shutter |
Rolling shutter |
| Automatic exposure control (AEC) |
No - done by ISP instead |
| Automatic white balance (AWB) |
No - done by ISP instead |
| Automatic black level calibration (ABLC) |
No - done by ISP instead |
| Automatic 50/60 Hz luminance detection |
No - done by ISP instead |
| Frame rate up to 120 fps |
Max 90fps. Limitations on frame size for the higher frame rates (VGA only for above 47fps) |
| AEC/AGC 16-zone size/position/weight control |
No - done by ISP instead |
| Mirror and flip |
Yes |
| Cropping |
No - done by ISP instead (except 1080p mode) |
| Lens correction |
No - done by ISP instead |
| Defective pixel cancelling |
No - done by ISP instead |
| 10-bit RAW RGB data |
Yes - format conversions available via GPU |
| Support for LED and flash strobe mode |
LED flash |
| Support for internal and external frame synchronisation for frame exposure mode |
No |
| Support for 2 × 2 binning for better SNR in low light conditions |
Anything output res below 1296 x 976 will use the 2 x 2 binned mode |
| Support for horizontal and vertical sub-sampling |
Yes, via binning and skipping |
| On-chip phase lock loop (PLL) |
Yes |
| Standard serial SCCB interface |
Yes |
| Digital video port (DVP) parallel output interface |
No |
| MIPI interface (two lanes) |
Yes |
| 32 bytes of embedded one-time programmable (OTP) memory |
No |
| Embedded 1.5V regulator for core power |
Yes |
Full camera software documentation can be found at raspbian/applications/camera.
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| Picture formats |
JPEG (accelerated), JPEG + RAW, GIF, BMP, PNG, YUV420, RGB888 |
| Video formats |
raw h.264 (accelerated) |
| Effects |
negative, solarise, posterize, whiteboard, blackboard, sketch, denoise, emboss, oilpaint, hatch, gpen, pastel, watercolour, film, blur, saturation |
| Exposure modes |
auto, night, nightpreview, backlight, spotlight, sports, snow, beach, verylong, fixedfps, antishake, fireworks |
| Metering modes |
average, spot, backlit, matrix |
| Automatic white balance modes |
off, auto, sun, cloud, shade, tungsten, fluorescent, incandescent, flash, horizon |
| Triggers |
Keypress, UNIX signal, timeout |
| Extra modes |
demo, burst/timelapse, circular buffer, video with motion vectors, segmented video, live preview on 3D models |
- Camera Module v2 PDF
- HQ Camera Module PDF
- HQ Camera Module lens mountPDF
- Camera Module v2 PDF
- HQ Camera Module PDF