# Alpha-Release of new picamera-lib: "picamera2" ... - and beyond

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**Created:** [June 12, 2022, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.kinograph.cc/t/alpha-release-of-new-picamera-lib-picamera2-and-beyond/2356 "2022-06-12T11:31:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.kinograph.cc/t/alpha-release-of-new-picamera-lib-picamera2-and-beyond/2356/5 "2022-06-18T13:59:31Z")

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Thank you for sharing these insights. Working with the camera is on my list, and having these postings would certainly save me a great deal of time, since I am hoping to use the new library.

In this [article about the Universidad de la República](https://agu.udelar.edu.uy/laboratorio-de-preservacion-audiovisual-lapa/dominio-tecnico/actualizacion-de-la-plataforma-de-digitalizacion-de-filmes/) updates of their scanner, they listed an interesting plug-in for [creating surface plots from an image for 3D visualization](https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/plugins/surface-plot-3d.html). I have not used any of it, but a similar graphical representation would be a great way to illustrate the alsc issue.

PS. here is a quick comparison of the images above from @cpixip which enhances the visualization of the alsc unintended consequences for film scanning.

 ![cpixit_picamera](https://forums.kinograph.cc/uploads/default/original/2X/1/10673ba4740f97adc0c351663a15e0d4104c066d.png)

This is an excellent tool to visualize and evaluate the flatness of the scanner components chain (light+lens+camera).

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