Arducam 64 images very dark

It seems like the arducam 64 requires a TON of natural light in order to get any images at all. Has anyone else noticed this? Is there a setting I need to tweak?
Even if I have the camera in a well-lit room, the images appear almost completely black. Any suggestions?

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Hi,
Please tell me what command you use to preview the camera. Have set the exposure time?

Yes, it is very dark in auto, should be not necessary touch exposure, didn’t Arducam noted in the product tests?

@FPSychotic

Logically speaking, this problem should not occur.

Can you take a picture of the environment with your mobile phone?

Can you also send the photos taken by 64mp at the same time?

I want to make a comparison.

Any update here? i’m having the same issue. I’m using mjpg-streamer to view the video. Things look fine when I connect the camera directly to the CSI on an R pi

Found the same, comparing imx519 with 64mp cam: SuperPixel Mode 64mp cam - #5 by mgrl

I was expecting a way brighter image from 64mp cam since the sensor is bigger and was driven at 16mp resolution only with pixel binning…