On 26/03/2018 01:40, Grant Taylor wrote:
> I was hoping that someone might be able to give me some recommendations
> of Pi cameras, good and / or bad.
>
> I'm wanting night vision and would like decent focus across a range of 5
> ~ 25 feet if possible.

If you want night vision get the NOIR camera, and a powerful _external_
IR source, Pi powered one's aren't very powerful.

I tried the Bright Pi
https://www.modmypi.com/raspberry-pi/camera/camera-lighting-1083/pi-supply-brig
ht-pi-bright-white-and-ir-camera-light-for-raspberry-pi
and I'm pleased to see they published my review although it was negative.  

In the end, I decided I needed true daytime colours rather than night
vision capability, so I got an IR filter and glued it in to the mounting
on the Pan/Tilt hat https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/pan-tilt-hat
which I can thoroughly recommend. For occasional use in a dark room, I
added the NeoPixel strip, which gives bright full frame illumination
(and with a little mod can run the Blinkt code).

---druck

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