Raspberry Pi Camera Case/Enclouser - Black Assemble in 30 secs

Bought this as a case for a noir camera to use as a nanny cam. It blends in perfectly with my A/V equip so it doesn't look obvious. I have it connected to my RPi3 case with dual sided tape. Case is sturdy and the camera fits perfectly in slots though you do have to push it in for it to click in place. In the future I plan on getting a longer ribbon for a 2nd camera and with mount this to a wall as a security camera. There is a great tutorial on element14 for making a motion camera and I plan on ordering another case for that project.

Trying to fit the camera into this case and get the camera lens to align with the hole in the front of the case is an exercise in frustration. Trying to get the lens in the hole actually caused the micro connector on the camera itself to separate from its pcb board, making me think my camera was dead. I had to disassemble everything, test the camera cable to make sure bending it to fit in this case didn't short a lead, and remount everything. It was only upon close inspection of the camera board that I noticed its connector had popped loose. Everything about the mounting system of this case is poorly designed. You have to try to slide the camera module down four little plastic shafts, while the board rocks forward and backward, making it a delicate dance to try to line the camera lens up with the hole in the front of the case. Even if you do get it to align and the camera lens to actually go in the hole, it puts pressure on the camera pcb when you snap the case together and it very well may knock the micro connector loose again. This is one of the worst small enclosure/case experiences I've ever had, and I've been at this for 30 years, so that's saying something. Save your money and look elsewhere.

This ultimately worked for me, but not until I made some modifications to it. Both the V1 and V2 camera modules had the same problem. I also destroyed a perfectly good camera module in the process. The hole in the front doesn't align with the camera so you can't get it in all the way. I had to carve about 1/8" away from the bottom of it with a utility knife which resulted in an oval hole. It looks a bit weird, but the camera module now slips on. I think the module was damaged when I put pressure on it trying to assemble it before I modified the case. Also, the plastic tab that projects from the back cover to hold the camera module in place was too long so I had to trim that down to be able to get the case to close. All things considered it was an expensive case since I had to buy a replacement camera module.

Together this makes for very flexible positioning that holds firmly. The base of this mount is a strong magnet. This pan/tilt base is low cost but solid, and obviously hand operated - as with no servos.

This is a very cheap plastic housing. Not durable and doesn't snap together well. It took an unusual amount of force to get the Pi camera to even fit where it should. The back plastic cover pops off too easy and I had it shoot across the room a couple times from just moving the Pi Camera's ribbon cable.Cheapness and flaws aside, this case, if you can get your camera to fit in it, will cover and protect your camera board. You just have to exercise caution when handling it.

It protects the camera and I didn't have any trouble with the camera fitting into it.Just take your time and be slow with installation. It is plastic, cheap and simple but does its job.

Far better than some of the other cases that I've used for the RPi camera. They are all the same design, but this one lines up properly, stays closed, and is priced just about right.

The plastic is as cheap as possible, snaps easily, and the camera hole only really works properly for a RPi v1 cam -- the v2 does not seat correctly without expanding the hole. Also, mounting the camera on the posts is the most FINICKY thing and I have no clue why: it just loves to pop off the posts, even after the stupid tab (on only one side, ofc) locks it. And if you DO get it to lock, expect to rip off plastic if you ever have to remove the camera.You'd have better luck using a bunch of electrical tape as a case. Avoid.