diff --git a/camera/ndk/include/camera/NdkCameraMetadataTags.h b/camera/ndk/include/camera/NdkCameraMetadataTags.h index 9ec64e1726..4a801a7a70 100644 --- a/camera/ndk/include/camera/NdkCameraMetadataTags.h +++ b/camera/ndk/include/camera/NdkCameraMetadataTags.h @@ -7696,14 +7696,14 @@ typedef enum acamera_metadata_enum_acamera_request_available_capabilities { * case, when the application configures a RAW stream, the camera device will make sure * the active physical camera will remain active to ensure consistent RAW output * behavior, and not switch to other physical cameras.

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To maintain backward compatibility, the capture request and result metadata tags - * required for basic camera functionalities will be solely based on the - * logical camera capabiltity. Other request and result metadata tags, on the other - * hand, will be based on current active physical camera. For example, the physical - * cameras' sensor sensitivity and lens capability could be different from each other. - * So when the application manually controls sensor exposure time/gain, or does manual - * focus control, it must checks the current active physical camera's exposure, gain, - * and focus distance range.

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The capture request and result metadata tags required for backward compatible camera + * functionalities will be solely based on the logical camera capabiltity. On the other + * hand, the use of manual capture controls (sensor or post-processing) with a + * logical camera may result in unexpected behavior when the HAL decides to switch + * between physical cameras with different characteristics under the hood. For example, + * when the application manually sets exposure time and sensitivity while zooming in, + * the brightness of the camera images may suddenly change because HAL switches from one + * physical camera to the other.

* * @see ACAMERA_LENS_DISTORTION * @see ACAMERA_LENS_INFO_FOCUS_DISTANCE_CALIBRATION