Camera Control Properties
The PROPSETID_VIDCAP_CAMERACONTROL property set contains properties related to the control of video cameras. The following table describes the properties that are part of the PROPSETID_VIDCAP_CAMERACONTROL property set.
| PROPSETID_VIDCAP_CAMERACONTROL KS properties | Property description |
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Controls a camera's digital exposure time. |
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Controls a camera's focus setting. |
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Controls a camera's aperture setting. |
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Controls a camera's zoom setting. |
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Controls a camera's pan setting. |
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Controls a camera's roll setting. |
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Controls a camera's tilt setting. |
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Controls the scanning mode of a camera's sensor, such as interleaved, or non-interleaved. |
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Controls whether a camera sensor should capture video, or is prevented from capturing video. |
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Controls a camera's absolute pan and tilt setting. |
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Controls a camera's relative rotation about the vertical axis from its current value. |
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Controls a camera's relative rotation about the horizontal axis from its current position. |
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Controls a camera's relative rotation about the image viewing axis from its current value. |
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Controls a camera's relative zoom setting from its current value. |
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Controls a camera's relative shutter speed from its current value. |
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Specifies a camera's relative aperture setting from its current value. |
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Controls a camera's relative focus setting from its current value. |
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Controls a camera's relative pan and tilt setting from their current values. |
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Specifies a camera's focal length. |
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Specifies whether the device can dynamically vary the frame rate. |
Windows 8 extended camera control properties
Starting with Windows 8, these additional properties are supported for user-mode clients to get or set a camera's control settings. For more information, see Extended Camera Control Properties and How To Implement Extended Camera Control Properties.
| PROPSETID_VIDCAP_CAMERACONTROL KS properties | Property description |
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| KSPROPERTY_CAMERACONTROL_FLASH_PROPERTY | User-mode clients optionally use this property to get or set a camera's flash control characteristics. |
| KSPROPERTY_CAMERACONTROL_IMAGE_PIN_CAPABILITY_PROPERTY | User-mode clients use this property to identify whether the camera's image pin and record pin are mutually exclusive. |
| KSPROPERTY_CAMERACONTROL_REGION_OF_INTEREST_PROPERTY | User-mode clients optionally use this property to get or set a camera's region of interest characteristics. |
| KSPROPERTY_CAMERACONTROL_VIDEO_STABILIZATION_MODE_PROPERTY | User-mode clients optionally use this property to get or set a camera's video stabilization characteristics. |
Windows 8.1 extended camera control properties
Starting with Windows 8.1, the KSPROPERTYSETID_ExtendedCameraControl property set provides additional controls for camera photo sequencing. For more info on how to implement these controls, see these topics: