Writing your first program

With your Raspberry Pi switched off, connect your Raspberry Pi Camera to a camera port.

Type this code into your code editor, then save and run it:

from picamzero import Camera
cam = Camera()
cam.take_photo("helloworld.jpg")

Your camera will start up and take a photo.

The photo will be saved in the same directory as your Python file.

Now try out some of the other methods by following the recipes.