from time import sleep
from picamerax import PiCamera
camera = PiCamera()
camera.start_preview()
sleep(2)
for filename in camera.capture_continuous('img{counter:03d}.jpg'):
print('Captured %s' % filename)
sleep(300) # wait 5 minutes
from time import sleep
from picamerax import PiCamera
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
def wait():
# Calculate the delay to the start of the next hour
next_hour = (datetime.now() + timedelta(hours=1)).replace(minute=0,
second=0,
microsecond=0)
delay = (next_hour - datetime.now()).seconds
sleep(delay)
camera = PiCamera()
camera.start_preview()
wait()
for filename in camera.capture_continuous('img{timestamp:%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M}.jpg'):
print('Captured %s' % filename)
wait()