IMX708 M12 Arducam V3 Fails to Detect on Raspberry Pi 5

Raspberry Pi Cameras
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  1. Where did you get the camera module(s)? Amazon

  2. Model number of the product(s)? - 120° IMX708 Manual Focus Pi Camera V3 with M12 Lens

  3. What hardware/platform were you working on? - Raspberry Pi 5

  4. Instructions you have followed. (link/manual/etc.) ChatGPT

  5. Problems you were having? camera not being detected

  6. The dmesg log from your hardware?

  7. Troubleshooting attempts you’ve made?

I’m using the Arducam IMX708 Manual Focus Camera V3 (M12, 120° Wide) on Raspberry Pi 5, Bookworm OS.
I’ve correctly configured dtoverlay=arducam-pivariety,cam0 in /boot/firmware/config.txt, installed the Pivariety drivers, and verified the ribbon cable and slot (CAM0).
However, the camera fails to respond. Logs show:
dmesg → arducam-pivariety 6-000c: probe failed
i2cdetect -y 6 → no device detected
libcamera → no cameras found

The OV5647 works fine on the same Pi and slot. Can you confirm if this model works with Pi 5 and Bookworm? Or is it a hardware issue?

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Hi,
You need to modify it to dtoverlay=708,cam0. After that, please reboot your Pi to take effect.

-Dion