innomaker 1080P USB 2.0 UVC Camera (130° Wide Angle) Plug & Play for PC, All Raspberry Pi, Jetson Nano, Support Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Android

For the price this is a really good hobbyist webcam. It appears to give full 1080p resolution at 30fps (according to Windows camera app) with decent color. What I like best about it is that the IR blocking filter can be removed easily, making it sensitive to infrared. The first photo shows the webcam with the lens removed - it's the one on the left. The glass square is the IR blocking filter. The lens on the right is from another webcam that has the blocking filter on top of the sensor. I used this lens (no blocking filter) on the webcam to take the other two photos. The webcam is on a stand at the bottom, directed at a small aquarium and some aquarium paraphernalia. At top is a monitor showing the webcam output. There is a desk lamp at middle left for visible light and an infrared source at bottom left. First, with the desk lamp on you can see the whole scene in the visible photo and in color on the monitor. Then with the desk lamp off you can see it only on the monitor, and only in the monochrome that the infrared shows.

as shown in the screenshot, this camera supports various resolutions of mjpg video but only at 30fps which is too much bandwith for my raspberry pi zero 2w over wifi.other than that, it is a quality camera.

Still trying to find a good place in my 3D printer to mount this camera, but the image quality is far and beyond better than any camera that a 3D printer vendor is shipping with their machines or charging $50 or more for as an accessory. Yes, you have to print/make your own case for this, but it's worth the effort and gives you more control over mounting options. This camera is Raspberry Pi ready, so all you have to do is plug it in, power cycle your printer, and it will be detected on the next boot. Easy as pie.

This little camera is good in certain circumstances. You want the area to be well lit. Since I got this for my 3d printer room, I ended up hooking up an IOT switch and a powerful light (just one of those 5 headed hydra one loaded up with bright LED bulbs) so that I could turn on that light if I needed to see into the printers better. It works best if you position in right. Initially I tried putting it right next to just one printer, but it didn't stay very clear. I ended up moving it back, and now I can actually see inside both my printers, side by side, and it stays sharper, but I can't see what's going on in either printer quite as clearly.Most of the cameras I've tested, I'm at half a dozen now, even expensive ones, needed good lighting, so I'm not too surprised. Even the stock Bambu X1C lighting isn't that great, and so in that printer, I upgraded the lighting. Overall, I do think this is a good, inexpensive solution.

This is a great camera to attach to a Raspberry Pi if you're looking to set up a security camera or a 3d printer camera. Picture quality is clear and camera was plug and play.

This USB camera is 1920x1080 pixels. It works well with a Raspberry Pi 5 computer using the package: motion, and mpeg4 format. It provides a standard V4L2 interface to the computer using the v4l2-ctl command. Picture seems clear. Slight barrel effect from the lens. The USB-A cord is about 37” long. The camera side of the cord is a 4 pin connector that connects to the back of the camera board. Between the 4 pin connector to the black cord is 1” of 4 individual colored wires. The $9 recommend case encloses the camera but not those individual colored wires. It is safe, but it does not look as durable as if the USB cable was all the way inside the enclosure.

I am really impressed with this camera. I plan to use it for small hobby projects but eventually I want to switch to using it for AI projects including image and facial recognition. The camera worked out of the box on Windows.The board includes 6 LED solder points and a light sensing resister solder point for switch day/night mode.Documentation is available on GitHub. Look under the lid of the box the camera is shipped in for the link. I recommend this camera for hobby projects.

Since its USB its a little easer to set up on a rPi, you don't have to worry about the ribbon cable which can be difficult to work with and you can plug and unplug it at will