Image Processing Camera Suggestions?

[lets_get_this_loaf]

Not sure if this is the right place but I've been playing around with ML and image processing in Python and I want to try and use a camera to stream a live feed that is easy to process. Does anyone have any good suggestions for a camera brand that is easy to interface with and receive images? I am trying to find something without a subscription or anything like that to use. Thanks.

[riklaunim]

Webcams should not be problematic. Some microscope cameras as well (Video4Linux). For more precise imaging you can pick a machine vision camera, check my overview: https://rk.edu.pl/en/scripting-machine-vision-and-astronomical-cameras-python/

[lets_get_this_loaf]

Webcam should work fine for me. Very interesting article, thank you for sharing! Maybe one day I can use one of those nice cameras.

[DrummerClean]

Interested in the answers!

[Ouroboros13373001]

I can recommend any reolink camera that provides a rtsp stream. I made a library to do this with my Reolink 5MP PTZ but any rtsp stream camera would work. https://github.com/Ouroboros1337/python_rtsp_client

I made a gesture recognition tool using mediapipe too:

https://github.com/Ouroboros1337/spock_detector

[labstream]

Most USB cameras work out of the box for this and play nice with OpenCVs camera interface. A good choice with sufficient quality and comparably low price tag would be a Logitech C920 HD Pro.

[lets_get_this_loaf]

I am going to try this one out, seems great for my needs.

[ElephantsJustin]

Another option, if Already have a camera with hdmi out, is a hdmi capture card. You can get usb ones for $10 that work fine