[Success story] Portable and affordable webcam photobooth

[wikijm]

Hi @reuterbal,

Main goal: Having a quick-and-dirty and portable photobooth solution for a birthday party. This version is not made to be long-lasting, but has the merit of offering an affordable solution (recycled box, low-cost sports camera) and easily transportable.

Hardware:

• Device: Raspberry Pi 3 B
• Camera: TOPELEK Caméra Sport Étanche HD 1080P 16MP Étanche 30M 170°
• GPIO: Yes

Additional Equipment:

Picture	Name	Price
	SKIP capsule plastic box	N/A
	TOPELEK Caméra Sport Étanche HD 1080P 16MP Étanche 30M 170°	35,99 €
	Chargeur Batterie Externe Portable 25000mAh GRDE Ultra-haute Capacité Power Bank 2 Porte USB avec Ultra Lumineux LED Torche et 4 Lumiere Indicateur Puissance pour iphone ipad Xiaomi Huawei Sony etc	25,99 €
	Aukru Raspberry Pi 3 Power supply 5V 3000mA with switch	9,99 €
	Waveshare 7inch HDMI LCD (C) Capacitive Touch Screen Display Supports Various Systems for All Ver. Raspberry pi 3 Model B/ 2B/B+/B/A BeagleBone Black Banana Pi/Pro Video Photo Kit with Bicolor Case	67,99 €
	EG Starts zéro Delay USB Encoder Pour Ordinateur Jeux Manette Rouge + 10 x LED lumineux 5 V boutons pour arcade joystick Kit DIY Parties Mame Raspberry Pi 2 3 3B	25,99 €

Schema: More to come

Software:

• OS: Raspbian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) (partial result of cat /etc/*-release command)
• Python: 3

Modifications: N/A

Problems:

• Arcade buttons and joystick are not in use for now, more to come

Pictures:

If you have any questions or need feedback, please do not hesitate to contact me 😉

[reuterbal]

That's a cool idea! Is there a reason why you chose a sports cam instead of the picam, which would have been small enough to hide it in the box.

[wikijm]

PiCcam would have been convenient indeed.

The reasons are simple:

• I have a sports camera but no PiCam.
• I started by recycling Logitech USB webcams. It worked very well, but I prefer to use an ultra wide angle lens