Fisheye Wide Angle 5MP 1080p Night Vision Camera Module for Raspberry Pi 4 Model B and Raspberry Pi 3 B/B+

The media could not be loaded.  [The Disclaimer]I am not an average user, I opted to not use the Side Mounted Inferred Lights, not because I think they are bad, but because I had a unique use for my project.[The Review]I have purchased a few lenses for my raspberry Pi's as I have worked on home security camera's for a few years now on the side. I have to say this one is my favorite. The angle is nice and wide which gives it better exposure and a better view, but the picture isn't so wide that it turns into a fish eye image which I like.[My application]I mounted mine in a dummy camera, did not have enough room in that chassis to put the the inferred light into which wasn't a big deal for me.[Side Note/Details about Side Mounted Inferred Lights]Side note, though I have not personally used these EXACT side mounted inferred (I know I called it Ultra Violet by mistake in the video, my bad) lights I have used this exact design a few times with other lenses and they work good. They push out a lot of light but they have their disadvantages to. The inferred lights get super hot, so keep that in mind if you are going to use an adhesive on them, OR you plan on keeping them someone near flammables in a hot and dry climate. They have a red dim light on them when they are in use (The sensor almost always has them running unless its really bright in the room) so if you are going for a stealth look I would recommend external inferred lights which is what I am using. The last disadvantage to these lights is they use very small bolts/nuts and need to be tighten delicately and evenly to get the best results. If you do not, you can have troubles with keeping a good connection but if tighten well and evenly they will stay on there and will NOT wiggle out.If you use MotionEye OS like I do you are able to get better frame rates with Raspberry Pi Zero's W after tweaking a few settings so the video doesn't give the best representation of the motion capture of the lens.

No drivers were needed. Octopi recognized the device and displayed the image without me having to configure anything. This works better than the other raspberry camera and cost less. Love the big two lights that come with it. I turned them down using the pot next to them so they wouldn't use much electricity or get very warm. I am very pleased with this item. Note though that you will have to assemble the 3 pieces together leftlight+camera+rightlight with the included screws. Also the cable is very very very short - about 6 inches.

Camera itself is great, the night vision LEDs on the side leave something to be desired. After hooking it up to my Raspberry Pi 3 B+ I noticed one Infrared LED is always on causing a weird ghosting effect during the day - one turns off and on as it should with daylight (tested with bright lights above, see picture). One side works, one side doesn't - i guess for 14 bucks QA isn't the best but trying to guess what was wrong with the image isn't fun.

Excellent camera! Very simple to assemble and the IR sensors work well. The picture is nice and clear and I haven’t had any issues with it! My only gripe is that the IT lighting becomes kinda worthless beyond 10ft or so, make the night use best suited for small spaces or up close. For this price it’s a fantastic deal!

Some grime/film when first opened on one of the boards. Not an issue really. Only issue I have with this is actually when it ISN'T in night vision the color quality is poor without the IR filter because the IR lights are basically always on. No way to correct it fully so all the colors are odd. Plus anything that does emit UV IR washes everything out.

It seems to work fine. Unfortunately I purchased to use in my Hass.io and the rpi_camera is no longer working in hassio. This is not a reflection on this camera at all except I am unable to provide mire detail.

No software required. I just plugged it into my Raspberry Pi B+ and it worked.(Octopi distribution)

The camera by itself is great but when i connect the IR on each side the connection part gets hot very quickly.