Data Sheet

Raspberry Pi Camera User Manual
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Rev 1.2.1, November 10 2015
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3) Select Enable camera and hit Enter, then go to Finish and you'll be prompted to reboot.
Figure 2: Enable camera
2.3. USING THE CAMERA
Power up and take photos or shoot videos from the Terminal:
1) Taking photos:
raspistill -o image.jpg
2) Shooting videos:
raspivid -o video.h264 -t 10000
-t 10000 means the video last 10s, changeable.
3. Reference
Libraries for using the camera are available in:
Shell (Linux command line)
Python
More information:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/camera
http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/tag/camera-board
http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/3890