Hello @mpous ! Thanks for the information.
I am trying to get things working against the new stack (libcamera*) vs the older proprietary drivers. The older ones do not permit easy control of gain or exposure in a way works from my application.
Can you suggest a base image for the raspi 0w2 that you think should be a working configuration with the new libcamera stack?
As it stands a fresh install of RasPi OS boots the new drivers without issue, and I am able to compile the new picamera2 module against it and get back images.