That's about double the sensor area of the Camera Module V2. As the Raspberry Pi foundation puts it in the blog post, "There are limitations to mobile phone-type fixed-focus modules.

Setting up the new 64MP camera should also be (relatively) straightforward, despite my newbie status, because it runs on the same 'libcamera' software as Raspberry Pi's previous two camera modules.

The HQ Camera is an alternative to the $25 Raspberry Pi Camera Module v2, which has a fixed-focus lens that takes shots at an 8MP resolution.

The Raspberry Pi Blog announced a new camera module (v2) in April. The primary reason for this was the simple fact that the sensor used in the original camera module had been end-of-lifed at the ...

Raspberry Pi projects are no longer limited to an 8-megapixel, fixed-focus camera. The new High Quality Camera module gets a new sensor and interchangeable lenses.

The Raspberry Pi Camera v2 and Raspberry Pi NoIR Camera v2 are available at the same $25 price through element14. The camera modules measures 25mm x 35mm x9mm.