<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 10:53 AM, David Rysdam <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david@rysdam.org" target="_blank">david@rysdam.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class="gmail-">Ken D'Ambrosio <<a href="mailto:ken@jots.org">ken@jots.org</a>> writes:<br>
> On 2017-06-28 10:31, Richard Kolb II wrote:<br>
>> Hello all,<br>
>><br>
>> I'm looking into using a pine a64 running ubuntu mate to setup a time<br>
>> lapse photo using a standard digital camera controlled over USB. I<br>
>> haven't done a ton of research into it yet, but I wanted to see if<br>
>> anyone else has done something similar and had some advice/opinions. I<br>
>> was thinking of setting this up first as a way to capture an event<br>
>> going on, and second as a wildlife/security camera.<br>
><br>
> Well, I bought the Pinebook, and -- given its price, among other things<br>
> -- seems like it would do a fine job using its webcam. But if you want<br>
> high quality stuff, I suppose a "real" camera is the way to fly, and not<br>
> a webcam (be it part of a Pinebook or something external).<br>
<br>
</span>I've been wanted to do some OpenCV projects, so I looked into<br>
webcams. You can get 1080p for under $50 now. Plug and go in Debian<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Shawn Powers (The editor of Linux Journal) has had a series in the magazine on his backyard bird cam. Here's one of the <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/its-bird-its-another-bird">articles</a>. I think he's been doing OpenCV too.<br></div><div> </div></div></div></div>