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Arducam Pivariety 16MP IMX298 Color Camera Module for RPi 4B, 3B+, 3A+, CM3/CM4

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SKU: UCT_B0323

Arducam Pivariety 16MP IMX298 Color Camera Module for RPi 4B, 3B+, 3A+, CM3/CM4

$59.99

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LARRY W.
Can't install drivers on latest Pi kernel version!

I can't comment on the camera's quality or operation yet -- Arducam does not provide drivers for the latest Buster OS. The fine print instructions that came with the camera has this to say:
"NOTE: The kernel driver installation only supported by the latest version 5.10. . . . . Please check the kernel version, we only provide the driver for the latest official version image when this Pivariety camera released. You can follow Arducam Doc page to get the drivers for other kernel versions."
Apparently, the latest drivers I could find on Arducam's website was for 5.10.92-v8+. But my Pi is at 5.10.103-v7l+. When you try to run the installation, it will fail, saying it cannot find "./bin/5.10.103-v7l+/" directory and required files.
I also tried following the instructions found on the above-mentioned "Doc" page at the Arducam site. Aside from the painful Chinese broken English and trying to intrepret what it's saying, when I tried building my own driver, it began asking a ton of very technical questions regarding kernel settings, and I really had no idea what to do at that point. I'm a tech person, but it was WAY over my head, and I suspect over the heads of most purchasers of this camera. Arducam (or Vilros) needs to update the drivers for the very latest versions of Pi, and they should not require the user to risk mangling their systems attempting to build a new kernel.