v2 Camera not detected by RPi 4 & 3B

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v2 Camera not detected by RPi 4 & 3B

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My Adafruit order number is 2966774-1539247307, ordered on Nov 25, 2022. The order was for 1 x Raspberry Pi Camera Board v2 - 8 Megapixels [ID:3099].

I followed the setup instructions on a brand new RPi 4B with the lasest Raspian as well as a RPi 3B. Neither computer detects the camera, the camera option does not show up in Preferences > Interfaces, and no lights come on on the camera PCB. I've tried multiple troubleshooting steps, reattached the camera cable numerous times, but the device appears unresponsive. I'd like to get a replacement.

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Re: v2 Camera not detected by RPi 4 & 3B

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Re: v2 Camera not detected by RPi 4 & 3B

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Can you confirm for me what qualifies as needing "legacy camera" support? I have a v2 Pi cam, which is, I think, the latest they offer. Do I need to enable legacy camera support in a Pi 4B for a v2 camera to operate?

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the camera option does not show up in Preferences > Interfaces
Can you clarify where this is happening? Is this in raspi-config? And there's no camera related option under "Interface Options"?

What OS image are you using?

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These instructions indicate that if a camera is connected to the Pi, I should see a Camera option in the Raspberry Pi Preferences > Interfaces section: https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/pro ... picamera/2

However, there is no Camera option shown when I check this on the Pi 4B.

I have reinserted the camera cable very carefully multiple times on this board and my older Pi 3B with no luck.

raspi-config offers the option to enable/disable "legacy camera support," however, as I mentioned in the thread above, it's not clear to me why I would choose that if I have the newest v2.1 Pi cam.rasp

See attached screenshot showing raspi-config and the Preferences Interfaces panel.

The OS version, as shown in the 'about' section of raspi-config, is: 20221018. I downloaded the most recent raspian last week from https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/
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Thanks for the screenshots and clarification. Some of this seems related to recent changes with camera support in the latest Raspberry Pi OS releases. There's a big blog post about it here:
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/bullse ... ra-system/

It's very different now. So some documentation may be out of date. With the new setup, there's no longer an "enable the camera" step.

Try opening a command window and running one of the new libcamera commands.

Here's a simple one that can be used to check if the camera is connected:

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libcamera-still --list-cameras
It should output something like this:

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pi@raspberrypi:~ $ libcamera-still --list-cameras
Available cameras
-----------------
0 : ov5647 [2592x1944] (/base/soc/i2c0mux/i2c@1/ov5647@36)
    Modes: 'SGBRG10_CSI2P' : 640x480 [58.92 fps - (16, 0)/2560x1920 crop]
                             1296x972 [43.25 fps - (0, 0)/2592x1944 crop]
                             1920x1080 [30.62 fps - (348, 434)/1928x1080 crop]
                             2592x1944 [15.63 fps - (0, 0)/2592x1944 crop]

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Re: v2 Camera not detected by RPi 4 & 3B

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Thanks, I'm happy to report I've got things working now. The instructions to enable the camera in the Interfaces section really threw me, and the article you linked to was very enlightening.

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