You briefly saw the camera interface during testing. We can explain in more detail now how it works and what options are available.
Upon startup, the camera program presents a live viewfinder and a couple of buttons. The majority of the screen itself functions as the shutter “button” — tap to take a still photo.
At the bottom of the screen are two buttons. The left button (with the gear icon) will take you to various settings. The right button (with the “play” symbol) lets you review previously-taken photos (if no photos have been taken yet, the camera will let you know it’s “empty”).
Upon startup, the camera program presents a live viewfinder and a couple of buttons. The majority of the screen itself functions as the shutter “button” — tap to take a still photo.
At the bottom of the screen are two buttons. The left button (with the gear icon) will take you to various settings. The right button (with the “play” symbol) lets you review previously-taken photos (if no photos have been taken yet, the camera will let you know it’s “empty”).
The Settings menu provides access to camera settings. This is not an exhaustive list of every feature possible with the Raspberry Pi camera, just a few essentials to get you started.
The left/right arrow buttons at the top of the screen select among the settings options:
The left/right arrow buttons at the top of the screen select among the settings options:
The “Done” button returns to viewfinder mode.
All the camera settings will be saved; next time you run the script, all prior settings will be as you left them.
This guide was first published on Jan 14, 2014. It was last
updated on Oct 15, 2018.
This page (Using the Camera) was last updated on May 04, 2015.
All the camera settings will be saved; next time you run the script, all prior settings will be as you left them.
