Android Question [Solved] Camera2 API in "manual mode"

[freedom2000]

Dear all,

I am currently testing camera2 lib and it works really well with the provided example on my Samsung Galaxy S7.

I would like to use the camera in fully manual mode to setup a DIY spectrometer with the smartphone (more on this on a future post !)

To do that I would need to access to :
manual focus and manual speed and sensor sentitivity and of course AE exposure off and finally (for now) the lens aperture

So reading the API it seems feasible, but I must admit that I am still a little lost into the camera2 API.
So if you had some existing code, it would help me a lot

I can't help showing you my first try of my 3D printed spectrometer (image taken with the legacy App of my phone...). With such a nice result, you can imagine how it would be exciting to plot the 2D spectrum in real time... Another story !

 

[freedom2000]

Hi again,

After digging a little into the code, I already got the AE_Exposure_OFF from this sub : setAutoExposureMode ("OFF")

I can also disable the Auto Focus from this sub : setFocusMode("OFF")

Still missing how to set the manual focus distance, the manual speed, the sensor sensitivity and the lens aperture...

And seems that I am stuck for the available apertures... Only one in the Float list
android.lens.info.availableApertures: [1.7] --> [F

so will have to play with exposure time :
android.sensor.info.exposureTimeRange: [22000, 100000000] --> android.util.Range

and ISO values :
android.sensor.info.sensitivityRange: [64, 1600] --> android.util.Range

BTW @Erel : you made a great job with this class and lib. Thanks

 

[freedom2000]

After digging even more I found this link : https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/how-to-preserve-focusmode-of-a-camera.102621/#post-643855

Where it is said :
If the desired focus distance is constant then you might be able to set it manually by setting the LENS_FOCUS_DISTANCE: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/camera2/CaptureRequest#LENS_FOCUS_DISTANCE
You need to put this key in CaptureSettingMap and PreviewSettingsMap. The value should be a float number.

I guess that you need to set AutoFocus to OFF for this.

This is exactly what I would like to do !

So now : how ?

--> should be there ? Sub SetBothMaps(Key As String, Value As Object)

 

[freedom2000]

YES it works !

Just added this in the CamEx2 class :

Public Sub setManualFocus (Dist As Float)
    SetBothMaps("LENS_FOCUS_DISTANCE", Dist)
End Sub

and now I can force manual focus while Auto Focus is Off :

If (focuses.Get(i) = "OFF") Then
    cam.ManualFocus=10.0
End If

 

[DonManfred]

in camex2 class you can find for ex

Public Sub setAutoExposureMode (Mode As String)
    SetBothMaps("CONTROL_AE_MODE", AE_MODE.IndexOf(Mode))
    PreviewSettingsMap.Put("FLASH_MODE", FLASH_MODE.IndexOf("OFF"))
    If Mode = "ON_ALWAYS_FLASH" Then
        CaptureSettingMap.Put("FLASH_MODE", FLASH_MODE.IndexOf("SINGLE"))
    End If
End Sub

You need to add it to the CaptureSettingMap i guess.

CaptureSettingMap.Put("LENS_FOCUS_DISTANCE", value)

 

[freedom2000]

works also in "MACRO" focus mode with even shorter distances :

If (focuses.Get(i) = "MACRO") Then
    cam.ManualFocus=5.0
End If

 

[freedom2000]

in camex2 class you can find for ex

...
You need to add it to the CaptureSettingMap i guess.

CaptureSettingMap.Put("LENS_FOCUS_DISTANCE", value)

Yep I found it !
Thanks

 

[freedom2000]

So here is the modified code for "full manual mode"

into CamEx2 class add :

Public Sub setManualFocus (Dist As Float)
    SetBothMaps("LENS_FOCUS_DISTANCE", Dist)
End Sub

Public Sub setSensorSensitivity (Iso As Int)
    SetBothMaps("SENSOR_SENSITIVITY", Iso)
End Sub

Public Sub setExposureTime (ttime As Long)
    SetBothMaps("SENSOR_EXPOSURE_TIME", ttime)
End Sub

then use it when autoExposure is OFF
and Auto focus is OFF or MACRO

If (flashes.Get(i) = "OFF") Then
        cam.SensorSensitivity = 50
        cam.ExposureTime = 22000000.0
    End If

If (focuses.Get(i) = "MACRO") Then
    cam.ManualFocus=8.0
End If