1.Which seller did you purchase the product(s) from?
Pi Hut
2.The Model number of the product(s) you have purchased?
3.Which Platform are you using the product(s) on?
Mac
4.Which instruction are you following?
5.Has your product ever worked properly?
Not really, but directly to an raspberry pi it gave me a good image
6.What problems are you experiencing?
I am trying to connect the HQ camera with the 16 mm lens to my Mac with the Arducam UVC adaptor. It shows up in the system, both in teams and photobooth, but it just shows me a black picture. If I direct it to direct light it shows some light in the darkness, but nothing more. Here is some pictures.I have tried it directly with the cameracable into the cameraport on the raspberry pi B2+ and it works there. Pictures is without CS adapter, but no difference when instlaled.
Some pictures.
What I see with the aperture at 16
What I see with the aperture on 8
What I see when I point it at me with any aperture
What I see when connected directly to the camera port
Any advice?
7.What attempts at troubleshooting have you already made?
Tested on raspberry pi directly
8.How would you like us to help you?
Suggestions and advice to make the Arducam USB solution work.
Dark images happen when the shutter speed is too fast or the aperture isn’t open enough. Be careful of your camera’s automatic settings. Most cameras tend not to pick the right ones by default. If your camera creates an image that is too dark, use EV to bump up the brightness.
Thank you for the answer. I am not setting the shutterspeed and I am, as you can see above, using all the different appertureopenings with out any change. The camera works as it should when connected to a raspberry, but not when I am connecting it to the Arducam UVC.
Our UVC adapter board uses the strategy of automatic exposure and no frame drop. The Raspberry Pi camera can shoot brighter because of the increased gain and lower frame rate.
Hi, the camera was userd in my room, as I did not move an inch or change anything from where I took the photo when connected to the RPI. It is the same lens as when connected to the RPI. I did not change the focus, but as you can see from the pictures above I did change the apperture quite a lot, but just on the lens, not in the system settings in any way shape or form.
Operating procedures when connected to the arducam:
connect lens with and without cs adaptor to the camera and then to the Arducam UVC adaptor.
Connect the arducam to the mac with the supplied cable
test camera.
Operating procedures when connected to the raspberry pi
connect lens to the camera and then with cable to the raspberry pi
take photo using command raspistill -o Desktop/cam.jpg
Hi I am having this same problem with Arducam 477 IRCut + Arducam UVC board. Exactly the same as the previous user. It is fine when directly connected to raspberry pi through camera connector, but I see very dark image when connected to raspberry pi via UVC board.
@ashishmanmode
Dear Sir,
Welcome to our community. That’s so weird about the image you attached above. In order to help
you solve your problem as soon as possible. Would you like to attach me some snapshot about the camera you are using? Are you using UVC or Arducam usb2.0 camera shield?
Waiting your latest news.