import cv2 c = cv2.VideoCapture(2) # if not ding this we only have jittery 10fps c.set(cv2.CAP_PROP_FOURCC, cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc(*"MJPG")) # set camera resoltion c.set(3, 1280) c.set(4, 720) for i in range(15): _,im = c.read() cv2.imwrite('calibrate/left-{:06d}.png'.format(i), im) cv2.imshow('left', im) if cv2.waitKey(1000) & 0xFF == ord('q'): break c.release() cv2.destroyAllWindows()