[hijp]

I like this a lot because of its inconspicuous design. Are there any other security cameras that aren't bulky?

You can get an iphone 6s camera replacement for around $40, it seems like the quality is far superior to the current consumer security cameras on the market - so why are ring and nest the only options?

[brbsix]

I've had the same wish, but AFAIK cell phone cameras use proprietary interfaces and are not very useful on their own. They require a GPU and chipset. You'd have to include nearly the entire phone to make use of an iPhone 6s camera.

[Sanddancer]

Most cell phones actually use off the shelf sensors and interfaces. It's an easy way to allow differentiation -- have the same mainboard, but different screen sizes, cameras, etc for different lines. I can't find info on the 6s exactly, but previous lines used standard Omnivision imaging chips that spoke over the same CSI-2 interface used by everyone else, and found even on boards like the raspberry pi.

[brbsix]

Do you know of anyone who's successfully used an iPhone camera in a hobby project? I looked around a bit and wasn't able to find anything. Here's someone with some older camera modules...[0] Didn't sound too hopeful. I'm not an expert on the subject though, you may be right.

https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/22963/using-...

[daveguy]

I think a lot of the limitations on video quality are related to streaming /storage capabilities. Ultra HD (8 megapixels) is not particularly feasible to stream or probably compress efficiently in a small cheap package.