ELP 8MP USB Camera – Autofocus 4K PC & Raspberry Pi Mini UVC USB2.0 Webcam Board IMX179 Industrial Lightburn Camera for Laptop

ELP 8MP USB Camera – Autofocus 4K PC & Raspberry Pi Mini UVC USB2.0 Webcam Board IMX179 Industrial Lightburn Camera for Laptop

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ELP 8MP USB Camera – Autofocus 4K PC & Raspberry Pi Mini UVC USB2.0 Webcam Board IMX179 Industrial Lightburn Camera for Laptop
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5 out of 5 stars

Webcam on a Board
I love building things. From woodworking to electronics I get a lot of satisfaction by creating useful practical objects. As a kid I made a transistor radio and a stereo. Those were from kits but today I like to build from scratch. Get good components and put them together into my own finished items. I still build my own computers and storage devices. I saw this webcam module and decided to make my own webcam. When the module came in I plugged it's USB into the computer and fired up Cyberlink YouCam 365 to test out the module. Selected the module as my video source and it immediately showed an image. With a little zooming and settings adjustment I had a well focused, sharp image from the raw module. I've mounted it in an enclosure and am just waiting for the exterior lens and I'll be good to go. This is the 2nd module I'm gotten from ELP. I'm very satisfied with this item.
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  • Amazon Customer

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Easy to use, plug and play basically

    Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2024

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    Setting up this little camera is a snap. Not sure I care very much that it has a USB connector for a device like this. Sometimes all you need are the termination wires so you can attach it to a Raspberry Pi board directly, etc. etc. Still, the camera quality is nice, and its a good easy setup so no complaints!


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  • Steven M. Silverman

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Webcam on a Board

    Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2023

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    I love building things. From woodworking to electronics I get a lot of satisfaction by creating useful practical objects. As a kid I made a transistor radio and a stereo. Those were from kits but today I like to build from scratch. Get good components and put them together into my own finished items. I still build my own computers and storage devices. I saw this webcam module and decided to make my own webcam.

    When the module came in I plugged it's USB into the computer and fired up Cyberlink YouCam 365 to test out the module. Selected the module as my video source and it immediately showed an image. With a little zooming and settings adjustment I had a well focused, sharp image from the raw module. I've mounted it in an enclosure and am just waiting for the exterior lens and I'll be good to go.

    This is the 2nd module I'm gotten from ELP. I'm very satisfied with this item.

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    Steven M. Silverman

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Webcam on a Board

    Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2023


    I love building things. From woodworking to electronics I get a lot of satisfaction by creating useful practical objects. As a kid I made a transistor radio and a stereo. Those were from kits but today I like to build from scratch. Get good components and put them together into my own finished items. I still build my own computers and storage devices. I saw this webcam module and decided to make my own webcam.

    When the module came in I plugged it's USB into the computer and fired up Cyberlink YouCam 365 to test out the module. Selected the module as my video source and it immediately showed an image. With a little zooming and settings adjustment I had a well focused, sharp image from the raw module. I've mounted it in an enclosure and am just waiting for the exterior lens and I'll be good to go.

    This is the 2nd module I'm gotten from ELP. I'm very satisfied with this item.

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  • Notloc

    3.0 out of 5 stars

    It's not a "great" quality picture, but better than basic.

    Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2023

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    Let's get the obvious out of the way. This is truly a 'Plug And Play' camera. Windows 10 recognized it easily and it was ready in 10 seconds. It's small, compact and if you have a 3D printer like me, easily housed.
    But for the image quality, pixel count isn't everything. The camera has the pixels, but not the dynamic range or sensor quality to utilized them correctly as hoped for. As you can see, the highs and lows aren't great. You'll need auxiliary lighting and playing with some settings with a 3rd party software like "Webcam Settings" to make the semi-image decent.
    The image I uploaded was on full auto everything. You can see the white balance is really off. The page I'm holding up is almost pink. It's a gradient test, with the bottom highlights being pretty much lost at the number six. Also, the blacks not really showing a gradient till 94. The middle blocks are the most discernable in the gradient but it's really not a great showing.
    No doubt you can see some of the gradients getting very "muddy" and with artifacts in them. You probably won't see those over a tele-stream as that usually introduces it's own issues, but local recording won't be that great either if you're a streamer.
    The detail sharpness is kind of a let down too. I'm sitting approximately 2.5 feet away from the camera and the text on the page is almost unreadable. If the sensor could really produce "4K" then I would expect a more detailed image.
    The autofocus is reasonably fast and quick to react. Though, it did have random hunting episodes while I was moving around. Auto focus is nice to have, but since this camera will be locked in position, I just set the focus and locked it. The fact that you can do that is nice though.
    Overall, it's a humdrum performance. Honestly, if you have $50 and a use for it that is not image critical, it's okay. But if you want to look clean and professional on a video conference, save up an extra $30 bucks and get something from Logitech.

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    Notloc

    3.0 out of 5 stars

    It's not a "great" quality picture, but better than basic.

    Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2023


    Let's get the obvious out of the way. This is truly a 'Plug And Play' camera. Windows 10 recognized it easily and it was ready in 10 seconds. It's small, compact and if you have a 3D printer like me, easily housed.
    But for the image quality, pixel count isn't everything. The camera has the pixels, but not the dynamic range or sensor quality to utilized them correctly as hoped for. As you can see, the highs and lows aren't great. You'll need auxiliary lighting and playing with some settings with a 3rd party software like "Webcam Settings" to make the semi-image decent.
    The image I uploaded was on full auto everything. You can see the white balance is really off. The page I'm holding up is almost pink. It's a gradient test, with the bottom highlights being pretty much lost at the number six. Also, the blacks not really showing a gradient till 94. The middle blocks are the most discernable in the gradient but it's really not a great showing.
    No doubt you can see some of the gradients getting very "muddy" and with artifacts in them. You probably won't see those over a tele-stream as that usually introduces it's own issues, but local recording won't be that great either if you're a streamer.
    The detail sharpness is kind of a let down too. I'm sitting approximately 2.5 feet away from the camera and the text on the page is almost unreadable. If the sensor could really produce "4K" then I would expect a more detailed image.
    The autofocus is reasonably fast and quick to react. Though, it did have random hunting episodes while I was moving around. Auto focus is nice to have, but since this camera will be locked in position, I just set the focus and locked it. The fact that you can do that is nice though.
    Overall, it's a humdrum performance. Honestly, if you have $50 and a use for it that is not image critical, it's okay. But if you want to look clean and professional on a video conference, save up an extra $30 bucks and get something from Logitech.

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  • Ian

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    Sharp images given bright light and time.

    Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2023

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    The Good
    – Sharp images when in bright light and given time to focus
    – Small size, this module could be used in a wide range of projects

    The Bad
    – Audible thunk from the module as it snaps to focus
    – Focusing is slow, even in bright light
    – Poor low light performance

    I'd ordered this ELP 8mp camera board as it seemed ideal to mount on my telescope for some budget astrophotography. However, when I put together a hasty test rig using a spotter scope and electrical tape to hold the module to the mount I discovered things were not going to work out as planned. At night the autofocus struggled with resolving to a sharp image even with bright objects like Venus. In the silence of the night I could hear a clunk as it shifted focus, and this also made me wonder if it would add too much vibration to the rig. I am pretty sure I could lock the focus at infinity with some fiddling, but this was straight out the box testing plugged into a laptop.

    The next day I took it for a walk. The images are wonderfully sharp if you have good light and time to wait to let it focus. However, even moderate shade would delay focus or lead to blurred images. I now understand why it was recommended for monitoring tasks, where the focus won't shift much and the lighting will be consistent.

    All in all I'm glad I ordered it as it is a useful addition to my parts collection, and I know there will be a project that needs just this camera in the near future. However, for now my astrophotography attempts will depend on me hanging a heavy DSLR off the telescope and remembering to lock the mirror up. A good module, but the slow focus and need for ample light means I can only give it 4 out of 5.


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  • Michael Turner

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Nice Maker Camera

    Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2023

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    This is an interesting little item. Its the core of many a good idea. IT is a USB camera but the cable is not hard wired to the board, allowing for many more flexible applications. This camera could be mounted anywhere and integrated into any item. Uses a standard 4 wire USB setup for data transfers.

    For testing purposes I used a Windows 11 desktop and plugged the camera into a USB 1.1 connector. Worked flawlessly. Detection was immediate. VLC, web camera using applications, and built in camera application in windows all recognized the camera. I was able to get very smooth video at 25 frames per second with no adjustments.

    So this, at the end of the day, is a high quality 8mp camera capable of being integrated into any application or device that can speak so a USB bus. Skies the limit on what this can do.


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Please use it under user manual: ELP 8mp USB Camera Autofocus 4K PC Camera Module for Computer and Raspberry Pi Mini UVC USB2.0 Webcam Board IMX179 Industrial Lightburn Camera Low Distortion CCTV Laser Engraver Camera for Laptop
Ultra HD: Embedded with 1/3.2” Imx179 image sensor for better picture performance, still picture resolution: 3264×2448 Max. 38×38/32x32mm mini micro usb camera,with 1meter/3.3ft USB cable for laptop.
Autofocus: Shoot objects in close and distance on the same camera, automatically controlled without lens adjustment tool, clearer and easier than the fixed focus camera.Mini USB autofocus camera with none-distortion lens, DFOV is about 72 degree.
Frame Rate: Support 3264×2448@15fps,3200X2440@25fps,800X600@30fps and YUV video streaming.High speed USB2.0 4K usb camera with Parameters changeable (Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, White Balance, Gamma, Definition, Exposure…)
Plug&Play: UVC compliant, just connect the camera to PC, laptop, Android device with the included USB cable without extra drivers to be installed.Compatible with raspberry pi, Ubuntu, Opencv, Amcap and many other USB web camera software and hardware.
Applications: ELP 8mp autofocus usb camera is highly recommended for a home surveillance system, monitoring 3D Printer, object recognition and tracking, Bar code QR code identification scan, or other machine vision applications which demand high resolution.

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