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I am developing an industrial machine vision application that uses two LifeCam Studio cameras in a stereo camera configuration using OpenCV.
In order to perform a proper 3D stereo calibration, I need to disable the autofocus entirely. This is required because the focus is an improtant part of the optical characteristics and it is exactly this that the calibration procedure is trying to characterize. A proper calibraton cannot be performed if the camera's optical characteristics are changing.
This is also true for a single-camera 2D calibration.
Is there a published API for manipulating the camera? If not, when will it be released?
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Hi Sarah,
Your Lifecam question is more complex than what is typically answered in the Microsoft Answers forums. It is better suited for the IT Pro audience on TechNet. Please post your question in the Windows 7 Miscellaneous forums. You can follow the link to post your question:
**http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/threads**
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Hi Sarah,
I would suggest you to post your issue in the link to help and serve you better.
**http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/threads**
Alternatively, I can use the API supplied in the v4l2 (Video for Linux) packages and develop my application using a linux distribution and abandon Windows entirely. . .
