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I'm guessing it's not that simple because there may be situations when the camera has power and is capturing an image (think hot-standby) but is not transmittin
by johnm1019 10y ago
I'm guessing it's not that simple because there may be situations when the camera has power and is capturing an image (think hot-standby) but is not transmitting image data to the world outside the sensor package.
- adrianN 10y agoI don't want my camera to capture pictures without the LED being on, ever.
- vigilant 10y agoAnd what if I turn on the camera for a tenth of a second, take a picture, and turn it off. You won't notice the LED being on for a tenth of a second. Software makes it easier to prevent such things.
- CapacitorSet 10y agoWhy not both? It is trivial to make a circuit such that the LED is on if either there is power to the camera, or the software tells you to.
- halflings 10y agoI would guess you could do the same with a circuit, even if that means you lose on flexibility (but given the concerns of many users, I'd say it's worthy).
- TillE 10y agoYou definitely don't need software to add a little delay for turning off the LED, but sure, it would be slightly more complicated than just a dang wire.
- GuiA 10y agoJust wrote a test app on macOS that initializes the camera, gets the first video frame, and turns it off. You definitely notice the bright green LED being on for a split second.
- culturestate 10y agoYou only notice it immediately if you're looking for it. I've gone minutes with the camera on before noticing the LED while I was distracted by other stuff on the screen.
- cormacrelf 10y agoSource code?
- ThrustVectoring 10y agoA small piece of black tape or a physical shutter is likely a better choice. Who cares if the camera is on if it can't pick up anything? The microphone, on the other hand, is kind of a bigger deal and still has that issue.
- therein 10y agoYeah, exactly since the camera in the previous generation MBP actually had 4GB SD storage on it.