Black spots along exposure gradients IMX519 images

  1. Where did you get the camera module(s)?
    Indiegogo

  2. Model number of the product(s)?
    A super mini version of the Arducam 16MP camera. (fixed-focus)

  3. What hardware/platform were you working on?
    Raspberry PI 4B

cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="11"
VERSION="11 (bullseye)"
VERSION_CODENAME=bullseye
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"

uname -a
Linux ... 5.15.76-v8+ #1596 SMP PREEMPT Mon Oct 31 17:15:15 GMT 2022 aarch64 GNU/Linux
  1. Instructions you have followed. (link/manual/etc.)
    How To Use Arducam 16MP Camera On Raspberry Pi - Arducam
    and
    https://www.arducam.com/downloads/arducam-imx519-start-guide.pdf
wget -O install_pivariety_pkgs.sh https://github.com/ArduCAM/Arducam-Pivariety-V4L2-Driver/releases/download/install_script/install_pivariety_pkgs.sh
chmod +x install_pivariety_pkgs.sh
./install_pivariety_pkgs.sh -p libcamera_dev
./install_pivariety_pkgs.sh -p libcamera_apps
./install_pivariety_pkgs.sh -p imx519_kernel_driver
./install_pivariety_pkgs.sh -p imx519_kernel_driver_low_speed
  1. Problems you were having?

  1. The dmesg log from your hardware?
 dmesg | grep imx519
[    7.708683] imx519 10-001a: Device found is imx519
[    7.723381] imx519 10-001a: Consider updating driver imx519 to match on endpoints

  1. Troubleshooting attempts you’ve made?
    tail /boot/config.txt
[pi4]
# Run as fast as firmware / board allows
arm_boost=1
dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d,cma-384

[all]
#dtoverlay=arducam
dtoverlay=imx519
dtparam=i2c_vc=on
dtparam=i2c_arm=on
 libcamera-vid -n --codec MJPEG --segment 1 --rotation 180 -o ~/%04d.jpg -t 2000  --mode 4656:3496 --width 4656 --height 3486 --metering average --denoise cdn_off
  1. What help do you need?

Hi,
Can you take a picture of the hardware connection? It will help us analyze and locate the problem.

Any ideas what can be causing this?

Hi,
Can you contact [email protected]?
We want to make remote support with you.

Thanks for the help Dion!

Removing the driver, and re-installing it fixed that.

sudo rm -rf  /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/media/i2c/imx519.ko.xz
./install_pivariety_pkgs.sh -p imx519_kernel_driver_low_speed
sudo reboot