Picture of Raspberry Pi OV5647 5MP Dark greeny

Hi

I am using Raspberry Pi OV5647 5MP camera with axon through adaptor. but image is very dark. and very hard to see any moment if i do on front of camera.

How to fix this?

Run below command :

sudo systemctl status rkaiq_3A.service
sudo systemctl restart rkaiq_3A.service

If it may required to install new package.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install camera-engine-rkaiq

I ran last two commands and restarted service

○ rkaiq_3A.service - Enable Rockchip camera engine rkaiq
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/rkaiq_3A.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: inactive (dead) since Wed 2026-07-29 11:19:21 IST; 5s ago
   Duration: 130ms
    Process: 6004 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/S40rkaiq_3A start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
    Process: 6017 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/S40rkaiq_3A stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Main PID: 6007 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
        CPU: 54ms

Jul 29 11:19:21 vicharak rkaiq_3A[6009]: ERR: Bad media topology for: /dev/media14
Jul 29 11:19:21 vicharak rkaiq_3A[6009]: ERR: Bad media topology for: /dev/media15
Jul 29 11:19:21 vicharak rkaiq_3A[6009]: XCORE:E:access /etc/iqfiles//ov5647_rpi-camera-v1_default.json && /etc/iqfiles//ov5647_rpi-camera-v1_default.bin failed!
Jul 29 11:19:21 vicharak rkaiq_3A[6009]: XCORE:E:_rkAiqManager init error!
Jul 29 11:19:21 vicharak rkaiq_3A[6009]: CAMHW:E:can't find sensor
Jul 29 11:19:21 vicharak rkaiq_3A[6009]: XCORE:E:camhw deinit error -7
Jul 29 11:19:21 vicharak rkaiq_3A[6009]: IPCSERVER:K:cid[-1] Deinit success
Jul 29 11:19:21 vicharak rkaiq_3A[6009]: MessageParser process loop exit!
Jul 29 11:19:21 vicharak rkaiq_3A[6009]: XCORE:K:cid[0] rk_aiq_uapi_sysctl_deinit_locked success.
Jul 29 11:19:21 vicharak S40rkaiq_3A[6018]: rkaiq_3A_server: no process found
vicharak@vicharak:~$ qv4l2
Gtk-Message: 11:21:01.826: Failed to load module "atk-bridge": 'gtk_module_display_init': /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/modules/libgail.so: undefined symbol: gtk_module_display_init
Using mplane plugin for capture 
Using mplane plugin for capture 
Using mplane plugin for capture 
Using mplane plugin for capture 
Using mplane plugin for capture 

https://docs.vicharak.in/vicharak_sbcs/axon/axon-video/video-input/mipi/#run-camera-using-qv4l2-gui-tool

this is how it looks

Make sure that you have enabled one overlay only of the particular connector you are using.

Yes. only one overlay is enabled

what could be issue?

Use CSI0 connector.