Step 1

Take out the Raspberry Pi camera module. 

Step 2

The Raspberry Pi camera module is an official product from the Raspberry Pi Foundation.

The latest version has an 8 megapixel camera. It can be used to take images and high definition video.

Step 3

The camera can be used to create a time-lapse video. This is when single photos taken over a long period of time are combined to create an animation.

Watch this short time-lapse video taken with the rapsberry pi camera over 2 days:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz2rC4QqBwM

And watch this short time-lapse video of a landscape with changing weather:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBGb0WcGlxQ

Step 4

The camera can also be used for high-speed recording. This makes it possible to record videos of fast-moving objects and play them back in slow motion.

Watch this video, filmed with the Raspberry Pi camera, of a balloon popping in slow motion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm9bmr6_1K8

And watch this slow motion video filmed with a Raspberry Pi camera:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-IFofVhpwk

Step 5

There's a version of the Raspberry Pi camera called the Pi NoIR – this is the same as the regular camera, but the infrared filter has been removed. This means it’s possible to take pictures in the dark.

Here’s a photo taken with the Pi NoIR camera. You can click on the photo to make it bigger: