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Increased Access to Camera Control in Upcoming Mobile Phone Operating System

Posted by ArunanS on 10 Jun 2014 at 23:36 GMT

Indirect and limited control of camera parameters including exposure, white balance, and focus lead to potential artifacts in imaging as described in this article. During their description of features in the upcoming iOS 8.0 (Fall 2014), Apple catalogued commands for direct access to these features programmatically. These features are still in beta-testing, so widespread access to these commands is not yet available. If these features are released and used appropriately, they could make reproducible imaging more straight-forward for a variety of quantitative applications.

Competing interests declared: Author of paper.