{"id":14447,"date":"2016-04-01T18:26:45","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T17:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14447"},"modified":"2016-04-01T16:29:07","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T15:29:07","slug":"getting-started-with-picamera-on-the-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14447","title":{"rendered":"Getting started with Picamera on the Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raspberrypi.org\/learning\/getting-started-with-picamera\/images\/effects.jpg?resize=560%2C315&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ben Nuttall has just published a new &#8216;Learn&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/learning\/getting-started-with-picamera\/\" target=\"_blank\">resource<\/a> on the Raspberry Pi website. 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