Python 3: capture image - windows

Question

I am trying to capture an image from my web camera on windows using Python 3.
I checked already openCV, but the support of python-3 is missing.
Is there any other way to do so?

Answer 1

In the meantime, OpenCV 3.1 was released and works with Python 3 (since OpenCV 3.0). Pre-compiled Windows binaries can be found here: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#opencv

Answer 2

you can try OpenCV, SimpleCV.
using SimpleCV:
from SimpleCV import Image, Camera
cam = Camera()
img = cam.getImage()
img.save("filename.jpg")
using OpenCV:
from cv2 import *
# initialize the camera
cam = VideoCapture(0) # 0 -> index of camera
s, img = cam.read()
if s: # frame captured without any errors
namedWindow("cam-test",CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE)
imshow("cam-test",img)
waitKey(0)
destroyWindow("cam-test")
imwrite("filename.jpg",img) #save image
using pygame:
import pygame
import pygame.camera
pygame.camera.init()
pygame.camera.list_camera() #Camera detected or not
cam = pygame.camera.Camera("/dev/video0",(640,480))
cam.start()
img = cam.get_image()
pygame.image.save(img,"filename.jpg")
Install OpenCV:
install python-opencv bindings, numpy
Install SimpleCV:
install python-opencv, pygame, numpy, scipy, simplecv
get latest version of SimpleCV
Install pygame:
install pygame