How do I use the camera module I bought with a Pi Zero v1.3?

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I bought the Camera Module for Raspberry Pi Zero – Wide Angle without IR filter / Wide Angle without IR filter CAM013, from Pimoroni. The description says " minimal camera for the Pi Zero (or Pi Zero W) ":

I want to use this with a Pi Zero v1.3, which the description implies I can. Bear in mind, this means it has no internet connection and I’m not looking to add an internet connection to it.

I have been unable to find anything useful that lets me use this camera with the Pi Zero v1.3. Every page I’ve found so far either wanders off into discussions of using cameras with different versions of Pi, often turns out to be about the Pi Zero W or Pi Zero 2 W, or claims to be relevant but talks about installing software over the internet (e.g. with sudo apt install…).

So, is it even possible to use this camera with a Pi Zero v1.3, as it comes? If so, what can I do with it? How can I even see it working?

Ideally, I’d like to be able to use the Pi Zero v1.3 with this camera module as a USB webcam for Windows. If that’s not possible without for example adding a WiFi dongle, which I don’t want to do, what else can I do with it? How do I set it up? What software can I use?

It would be nice if some clues were given on the product page, but since there aren’t any, I’ve given up looking and decided to register to ask here.

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I’d have a look see at the following. Those commands should work with just about any camera.
The Picamera2 Library (raspberrypi.com)

I have several camera setups, non are used as web cameras though.

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Thanks. That looks promising. I’ll have a go at that later.

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For the benefit of others, it turns out that the command to see it working for the first time doesn’t work in Bullseye, which was (maybe still is) recommended for the Pi Zero:

rpicam-hello

doesn’t work (command not found). Instead, it has to be:

libcamera-hello

and

libcamera-hello --help | more

gives more clues on how to use it.

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Now that you mention it I remember being in the same situation. I have one of the V3 cameras. I’d only gotten as far as verifying it worked, and was not defective. Then put it aside for future use. Months and months ago now. I had tested it on my Pi 5 running Bookworm.

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