Overview
The Raspberry Pi Global Shutter Camera is a specialised 1.6-megapixel camera from
Raspberry Pi that is able to capture rapid motion without introducing artefacts typical of
rolling shutter cameras. It is ideally suited to fast motion photography and to machine
vision applications, where even small amounts of distortion can seriously degrade
inference performance.
With a large pixel size of 3.45μm × 3.45μm providing high light sensitivity,
the Global Shutter Camera can operate with short exposure times (as low as 30μs
with adequate lighting), an advantage for high-speed photography.
It features a 1.6MP Sony IMX296 sensor, and it has the same C/CS-mount lens assembly
as the Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera, for compatibility with the same broad variety of
lenses. In common with other global shutter sensors, the IMX296 has a lower resolution
than similarly sized rolling shutter sensors; a low pixel count is appropriate for machine
vision applications, where high-resolution images are challenging to process in real
time. The Global Shutter Camera's lower resolution means that with appropriate lens
magnification, an image suitable for processing by a machine vision model can be
captured natively.
The Raspberry Pi Global Shutter Camera includes a C- to CS-mount adapter, a screwdriver,
and a 150mm ribbon cable, as well as a removable plastic back cover for protection. It is
compatible with any Raspberry Pi computer that has a CSI connector.