Use a camera

[jonnius]

Do tests and fill a wiki page with instructions how to reproduce (both software and hardware side).

• Take a photo (from command line)
• Record a video (from command line)

[SohnyBohny]

Using the official raspberry pi camera v2 with ubuntu mate works exactly the same as on raspbian

1. Enable camera interface

official documentation

$ sudo raspi-config

3 Interfacing Options - P1 Camera - <Yes>

reboot

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2. Take a photo

official documentation

$ raspistill -o cam.jpg

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3. Record a video

follow official documentation

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More commands

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(Tested on June 24, 2018 on my Raspberry Pi 3 running Ubuntu MATE 16.04.2)