Raspberry Pi camera module has been a bit flakey

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Tue Sep 9

I moved my raspberry pi with the camera module on it recently, and it's been playing up since then. Just hangs on trying to take a picture. I think I must have disconnected the camera and reconnected it again, pretty sure nothing got damaged though. This is what I get right now:

/usr/bin/raspistill --verbose --contrast 10 --height 600 --width 800 --thumb 80:60:100 -o /tmp/noir.jpg
    raspistill [Camera](/wiki/#camera) App v1.3.6
    Width 800, Height 600, quality 85, filename /tmp/noir.jpg
    Time delay 5000, Raw no
    Thumbnail enabled Yes, width 80, height 60, quality 100
    Link to latest frame enabled  no
    Full resolution preview No
    Capture method : Single capture
    Preview Yes, Full screen Yes
    Preview window 0,0,1024,768
    Opacity 255
    Sharpness 0, Contrast 10, Brightness 50
    Saturation 0, ISO 0, Video Stabilisation No, Exposure compensation 0
    Exposure Mode 'auto', AWB Mode 'auto', Image Effect 'none'
    Metering Mode 'average', Colour Effect Enabled No with U = 128, V = 128
    Rotation 0, hflip No, vflip No
    ROI x 0.000000, y 0.000000, w 1.000000 h 1.000000
    [Camera](/wiki/#camera) component done
    Encoder component done
    Starting component connection stage
    Connecting [camera](/wiki/#camera) preview port to video render.
    Connecting [camera](/wiki/#camera) stills port to encoder input port
    Opening output file /tmp/noir.jpg
    Enabling encoder output port
    Starting capture 0

and then it hangs... earlier it was not quite getting that far, earlier still it was just giving me errors about the camera module not being enabled. I wonder if I've shorted it out somehow.

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