Pi Scan 1.5: DSLR and Mirrorless Camera Support
Posted: 04 Sep 2017, 18:46
I've just released Pi Scan 1.5 on github:
https://github.com/Tenrec-Builders/pi-scan
The big new feature is that it supports the gphoto2 library now, and so any camera that is compatible with gphoto2 can now be used with Pi Scan. See the supported cameras here:
http://www.gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php
Information on using DSLRs or Mirrorless cameras in Pi Scan here:
https://github.com/Tenrec-Builders/pi-s ... rlessdslrs
In particular, I am recommending the use of Nikon 1 J5 cameras right now. These are the cameras I've been using to test with and the good quality I've seen combined with the longevity they have compared to a standard DSLR makes them a great candidate.
The only down side of this support is that I couldn't consistently set all the settings I wanted on the camera using gphoto2. This means that when using a gphoto2 camera, Pi Scan itself only captures the images and saves them off to external storage. All settings including zoom and focus are up to the user to manually set before connecting the camera to Pi Scan. For most things this isn't a big deal because they can be set once and then they persist. But on a Nikon 1 J5, the zoom setting is lost on power off and so you will need to redo the zoom with every session.
Nikon 1 J5 cameras are quite a bit more expensive than most of the cameras we've been using here. We're running a pre-order of Archivist Quill complete kits which include these cameras to see if there is interest. You can also see a side by side comparison of ELPH 160 to Nikon 1 J5 shots there:
https://store.diybookscanner.org/collec ... -pre-order
If you have a DSLR or mirrorless camera and try it out, let me know how it goes. You can either respond to the thread here or contact me via help@tenrec.builders
https://github.com/Tenrec-Builders/pi-scan
The big new feature is that it supports the gphoto2 library now, and so any camera that is compatible with gphoto2 can now be used with Pi Scan. See the supported cameras here:
http://www.gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php
Information on using DSLRs or Mirrorless cameras in Pi Scan here:
https://github.com/Tenrec-Builders/pi-s ... rlessdslrs
In particular, I am recommending the use of Nikon 1 J5 cameras right now. These are the cameras I've been using to test with and the good quality I've seen combined with the longevity they have compared to a standard DSLR makes them a great candidate.
The only down side of this support is that I couldn't consistently set all the settings I wanted on the camera using gphoto2. This means that when using a gphoto2 camera, Pi Scan itself only captures the images and saves them off to external storage. All settings including zoom and focus are up to the user to manually set before connecting the camera to Pi Scan. For most things this isn't a big deal because they can be set once and then they persist. But on a Nikon 1 J5, the zoom setting is lost on power off and so you will need to redo the zoom with every session.
Nikon 1 J5 cameras are quite a bit more expensive than most of the cameras we've been using here. We're running a pre-order of Archivist Quill complete kits which include these cameras to see if there is interest. You can also see a side by side comparison of ELPH 160 to Nikon 1 J5 shots there:
https://store.diybookscanner.org/collec ... -pre-order
If you have a DSLR or mirrorless camera and try it out, let me know how it goes. You can either respond to the thread here or contact me via help@tenrec.builders