Arducam Motorized Focus Pi Camera, Autofocus for Raspberry Pi Camera Module, Motorized Lens, Software Precise Manual Focus, OV5647 5MP 1080P

This seller was very nice and took care of my issue once one had arose! The camera works as described and the little stand is a nice touch once you figure out how to get it together! Just remember don't forget your ribbon cable if you are going to be using this with the Raspberry Pi 5!

I like this camera so much better than the official Raspberry Pi V2 camera!The white balance adjusts automatically (in contrast to the official V2, which has pinkish tint in many environments). There is focus control, but it requires some software (simple code that works over I2C). This is more convenient than mechanical control of the V2, which is not always possible to do if the camera is in a case. There is no autofocus, though, but it is fine for my application (OctoPi).And finally, it makes much more sense for the price.

Took several failed attempts very confusing and limited instructions. But once got going works great

This is excellent camera module. It was a bit tricky to assemble the camera stand, other than that it is working flawlessly.You can control the focus via i2c. There are samples on github.com.The camera is medium view. For my project i would have preferred a narrow-er view mode or ideally the ability to install M12 lens, but you cant have it all.The camera is standard Pi 5MP module, the only extra thing is the ability to adjust the focus via i2c bus. You can adjust the focus while raspivid is running.

UPDATE: Ummmmm.... yeah..... Turns out I had *TWO* bad cables on my Pis. Once I replaced those with the ones that came with the cams (too short for my purpose), they work just fine. And they focus too! I'll just keep the one I was gonna return. :)ORIGINAL (BAD) REVIEW:But I can't get my RPi 4 to detect it. The classic RPi camera is detected and works just fine. Tech support for ArduCAM is non-existent, and there's no response on ArduCAM forums for my question about what may be wrong. Again, vcgencmd detects the RPi camera, but not this ArduCAM. ANd I have three ArduCAMs currently but none are detected. I tried them on one RPi3 and two RPi 4s, running Raspbian Buster.Guess I'll end up returning them.

Not only does it not work, but NONE of the steps in the manual match what is on the Raspbian OS.The instructions say "Do not bend ribbon cable" yet it arrived smashed into a tiny box like an accordion.Yes, I do know how to use these, as I do have an older version up and running.

Pain to integrate into my system, turns out picture quality is not the best. Auto focus refused to work, better off buying pi brand cameras

Camera has a great picture for only 5 MP. Hooked it up to a Raspberry PI 3 and with just a few lines of code in Python my face was filling the screen. Picture was clear and I could see very small details in the picture. Great camera for only $15 dollars. The only downside is it came with some small plastic pieces that I think are a stand but there were no instructions for them or nuts and bolts. I plan to use velcro to attach it to my monitor so the case issue was really a non issue.