https://medium.com/@jdc-cunningham/making-a-user-interface-f...
A lot of pictures and full menu map
And MS paint wiring diagrams
(1st camera) https://github.com/jdc-cunningham/pi-zero-hq-cam/tree/master...
(2nd camera orange) https://github.com/jdc-cunningham/modular-pi-cam/blob/master...
resistor - $.10.
resistor for Arduino: $10.00
The official forums are surprisingly devoid of anyone trying this, which is not super encouraging.
I'd really like to experiment in doing some underwater VR180 photo/videography, I promise to share the results if anyone has any useful pointers (not strictly rPi related, but other platforms are even less promising. Happy for any unexpected hints tho!)
(Sorry for the barely-on-topic (if not outright offtopic)) but this is a rare chance to tap into HN's hive mind on this particular issue due to a Pi-camera related thread on the front page.
I would love to build a full frame mirrorless camera that runs my own UI. I'm pretty sure I could code a much more advanced UI than Sony or Canon.
Their current HQ camera is more like an LQ camera and there is not a huge variety of high quality photographic lenses available for it.