So we should talk about the Zero camera…for me, it’s not even as good as the original Pi cam. I’ve tried playing around with v4l2-ctl parameters but can’t seem to make any difference to the grainy image. Although I did manage to stop the over-exposure which just blew out any white filaments and ma…

Thanks Mike. In my case, the camera appears as /dev/video0, so it defaults to it, or it can be called with the -d 0 shorthand. I’ve put together a table of parameters and ranges. I think each camera needs to be tweaked individually, as using your values does not result in a similar screenshot on my …

If you take camera board out of the holder does the lens focus by turning? [image] Step file attached if you want to modify. MP4602-09000 ÉãÏñÍ·×é¼þ camera module.step (638.9 KB)

Wel… this is sure better that no camera, for quick observation of spaghetti or similar things, but could be better) Night: [timelapse_Giraffe_split0_ABS_0.2_2h6m.gcode_20250731_2131] Day: [timelapse_Tardis_Dogbag_V4_PLA_0.2_1h39m.gcode_20250520_1713] And cheapest usb camera on Ender, even wit…

Very strange. Here is the result on my SV06ACE. I’m pretty sure the camera must be the same. It’ll be ridiculous for Sovol,for economic reasons, to use different cameras. [Screenshot_20250813_101122_Chrome]

This is with the lid off, door open, all the lights in the room on: [Screenshot 2025-08-13 183144] This is with the door closed, lid on, normal lighting: [Screenshot 2025-08-13 183402] Marginally better with more light, but still really sub-par compared to other printers or even Pi cams. Is …

I’ve got a couple of cams with similar dimensions and hole placements on the way from AliE. Fingers crossed!

More light is more better but even with good supplemental lighting at the optimal angle, the low cost camera image is grainy and low resolution. It’s generally good enough to detect a failed print although with the stock LED light when printing black filament on a black build plate with black inter…

I setup two cameras, I’m new to the 3D printer world, and wanted better print monitoring without a ton of expense. For my needs the Sovol Zero camera is the little camera that could and just needs some help with tuning. The second camera came into thought when I realized I wanted better coverage o…

Wow, thanks @rpcyan I had no idea the cameras could have that much variance! Thanks for the side by side table, looking forward to seeing the end results. ohh and yeah 1am did not work well LOL missed the 1200 how?, I just looked, it used the minimum value of 2800 since I was out of range with 1…

this is what I’ve settled in on with the values above. Unique to one’s particular camera, screen, and eyeballs so its of course subjective. While the dental floss is mostly blown out, you can still see the edge of the label, and the hook for the floss itself on the left edge. I couldn’t get any more…

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mich0111 August 13, 2025, 11:06am 10

Have you removed the protection sticker and adjust the focus?

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