Hi,

On Thursday 29 July 2010 08:48:55 linux newbie wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have microsoft life cam connected to Ubuntu running linux 2.6.26.
> 
> Based on the v4l2 documentation, I wrote a simple program, that
> captures image(YUV4:2:2) and write it to jpeg.
> 
> I captured two images and there is quiet significiant difference
> between the two images. First one is bit greenish and brighter and
> second one is darker. I havent set any control values, so I assume it
> take default values for brightness/sharpness etc.
> 
> I also tested the same camera in my embedded target. The results are
> differetn. First picture is normal, second is very bright.
> 
> Can anyone let me know, what might be the issue and possible solution to
> fix it.

That's probably caused by auto-exposure and auto-white balance. Both settings 
can be manually controlled by disabling the auto-exposure and auto-white 
balance controls.

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart
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