Pieca: A Raspberry Pi camera system for Leica M Mount lenses #RaspberryPi #Photography
The Tea and Tech Time blog presents a camera project which is a culmination of countless hours of learning to code in various languages, design 3D parts, print them successfully, build basic electronic circuits, use optical elements, and solve complex problems in general, resulting in the Pieca Camera System!
Based on the venerable Raspberry Pi4 and the High-Quality image sensor module it incorporates a 5-in touch screen with a live view and full manual controls. The camera uses the M mount system for attaching lenses. Allowing the camera to use a plethora of small manual lenses from Leica, 7Artisans, TTartisan, and other vintage lenses. The name is a play on the combination of Raspberry Pi and the Leica cameras because it was just too hard to pass up this pun…
The 3D files are on GitHub and the software is here.
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