This will capture a raspberry pi camera image as numpy array.
The default size that will be used is 640x480px
#!/usr/bin/env python3 import time import picamera2 import numpy as np with picamera2.Picamera2() as camera: camera.start() time.sleep(1) array = camera.capture_array("main") # TODO Do something with array print(array.shape)
Example output:
[0:27:57.224504277] [3117] INFO Camera camera_manager.cpp:297 libcamera v0.0.5+83-bde9b04f [0:27:57.258472502] [3118] INFO RPI vc4.cpp:437 Registered camera /base/soc/i2c0mux/i2c@1/imx477@1a to Unicam device /dev/media3 and ISP device /dev/media0 [0:27:57.258611296] [3118] INFO RPI pipeline_base.cpp:1101 Using configuration file '/usr/share/libcamera/pipeline/rpi/vc4/rpi_apps.yaml' [0:27:57.264790966] [3117] INFO Camera camera.cpp:1033 configuring streams: (0) 640x480-XBGR8888 (1) 2028x1520-SBGGR12_CSI2P [0:27:57.265395993] [3118] INFO RPI vc4.cpp:565 Sensor: /base/soc/i2c0mux/i2c@1/imx477@1a - Selected sensor format: 2028x1520-SBGGR12_1X12 - Selected unicam format: 2028x1520-pBCC (480, 640, 4)