Using the Camera

[rabaf]

Hello python brothers

Can any one give me a code that can use the camera and click a piture automatically after every 5 mins and save it to a predefined folder in a the memory card.

Thanks in advance

[lfd]

Hi fellow!

From a webbrowser I would write that:

def capture():
    img = camera.take_photo()
    img.save( your_path )

timer = e32.Ao_timer()

# loop forever
while True:
    timer.after( 300, capture )

I didn't test it but it should be quite close to what you need.

LFD

[rabaf]

thanks
It works fine to click one picture...But it doesnt take continous pics..
Thats what i want..Is there anything that has to be done before the camera can take 2nd pic?

[RICH?]

thanks
It works fine to click one picture...But it doesnt take continous pics..
Thats what i want..Is there anything that has to be done before the camera can take 2nd pic?

Do you mean that you want to save many pictures with different filenames?
If so, you could use:

from time import ctime

your_path="E:\\image "
def capture():
    img = camera.take_photo()
    img.save( your_path + ctime + ".png") #this saves the picture in png format with a date in the filename :)

[rabaf]

No i didnt want that.

I want to take repetative pictures from the camera and dont care for the file names.But in the code lfd gave the camera can take only one pic..I want to take pics every 5 mins...

LFD please suggest a solution..

[lfd]

import e32, camera

your_path = "D:\\tmp.png"

def capture():
    img = camera.take_photo()
    img.save( your_path )

i = 0

# loop forever
while True:
    print "Wait"
    e32.ao_sleep(3)
    capture()
    print "Picture %d saved\n" %(i)
    i+=1

print "Finished"

As I said it was not tested

This solution works on my emulator.

Cheers,

LFD