Extremely bad images with B0196

[totolia]

Hello,
I’ve been trying to correctly use an IMX219 camera with USB2.0 (fix focus) for two days. But it is impossible, I have turned the sensor to both sides and I never get a clear image. Also the image is very dark and has artifacts.

I use the camera via USB on the raspberry PI because at the same time I have a ToF connected via CSI-2. Could this be affecting you?

PD: I have the same output using the computer and another IMX219.

EDIT: I have 3 IMX219 cameras. Two of them with fixed focus (also with so many tests I think the screw thread has broken because they are no longer able to focus anymore). It can’t be that I’m damaging two cameras with this problem!

Another has a manual focus, I have adjusted it by hand. But it seems that depending on when I turn on the camera (totally random) I get an image with more or less blur.

It can’t be that I get these results, arducam is supposed to be of industrial quality and for now the only thing I’ve had are 2 broken cameras and a usb that doesn’t work.

See the following examples (pay attention on the markers)

Thanks.

[Dion]

Hi,
Sorry for the bad experience.
Have you tried to access the camera by using AMcap on Windows OS?

[totolia]

Sorry for the delay, I don’t have Windows and had to ask for one. It actually works fine with the program. But it only works once I select the Video Capture Pin (before it looks weird). It looks like that sets the camera.
On the other hand, when I connect it to the rp4, it always looks bad.

I’m almost sure it’s due to a bad camera or driver configuration when it’s on the rp4.

I am also using an arducam ToF camera at the same time (with all the drivers installed).