Get rid of smart focus

[Crease]

I actually kinda dig it, now that I’ve gotten it to work, as I described in another topic:

@Crease

I was starting to think that maybe access to this feature was limited to subscribers, as well, but I decided to toggle it off and back on and try it again.

So far I’ve set up only one of four Cam v4s I received yesterday, and it’s looking out a window into my backyard. The view captures part of a stairway coming down from a deck, and the stairway makes a 90° turn partway down. I watched the live view while I went down the steps and started across the yard, and I could see that the view was partially zoomed in on me as I was moving laterally with respect to the camera. Then I turned around, walked back across the camera’s view and began up the steps, all while still watching the live view. At this point when Smart Focus kicked in, it looked almost like it was following me up the steps and past the turn, and I had this mental moment where I thought: “Okay, but wait…this is a static camera.” In that instant, it almost seemed like I was watching myself with a Cam Pan v3 with Track Motion enabled.

That is some freaky cool !

I realize that the Smart Focus control—even in the production app—has a “BETA” label on it, so I wonder if it’s just a little glitchy and required the off/on toggle to reset something.

@giddyupvj

I set my camera up with the view I needed, but when I turned on smart focus, it altered the view so much that I couldn’t see the key points I want to see. Is this normal?

I don’t know if it’s “normal”, but I think I might understand what you mean. When I left the frame but still had Smart Focus enabled on my Cam v4, it seemed to remain zoomed into the last place where I was walking. I don’t know if this is another glitch with this feature (it is labeled “BETA”, after all) or if it remained focused in that area because of ongoing movement (it’s looking out through a window, and it’s windy here, so tree limbs move around quite a bit), but I agree that just turning it off seems to be the reasonable thing to do.

It’d be good to know if this is actually the expected behavior or if Smart Focus is supposed to “time out” at some point and reset back to the un-zoomed view once motion in the zoomed portion has subsided, which I think would be a reasonable thing to want.

In any case, welcome to the Forum, @giddyupvj!