Windows 10: How can I adjust the sharpness of the image in the camera app in Windows 10?

I was trying to take a photo of some fine print on a motherboard using my laptop's built-in camera, and when I brought the motherboard closer to the camera the letters were a little blurry. I went to the settings icon in the camera app but I couldn't find an option to adjust the sharpness of the photo. I also went to Settings > Devices but couldn't find the Camera there. I'm using an HP Pavilion 14-v124ca with Windows 10 22H2 build 19045.

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Free App To Increase Webcam Sharpness

I just use: Webcam Settings Tool for Windows - eKiwi-Blog.de Portable version. It shows available settings. Any greyed out settings cannot be adjusted. It seems to depend upon the webcam used so for me: Gain control is greyed out.

These are unavailable. The camera does not support them.

Settings do not stick permanently (for me) so after a reboot need to be re-applied. You can run before using Zoom or else launch Zoom then make adjustments.

 

WINDOWS 10 CAMERA APP NOT WORKING

Hi,

We appreciate your time and effort for getting back to us.

If you are referring to the Camera app then, I suggest you to uninstall the apps which came inbuilt with Windows 10 using Windows Powershell and reinstall using Windows Store. Follow the below steps:

• Open the Start menu, type Windows PowerShell in the
  search bar.
• Right click on the Windows PowerShell and select Run as administrator.
  
• Enter the below command to reinstall the Camera app.
  

get-appxpackage *Microsoft.WindowsCamera* | remove-appxpackage



After performing the above steps, install the Camera app form the Windows Store.

Reference: Refer to the following Microsoft article on
Camera app and webcams help.

How to use the Camera app - Microsoft Support

Note: The steps for Windows 8.1 applies to Windows 10.

Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

download Windows camera app

Success in resetting Store; that produced a download of the Windows camera, despite seeing error message again, download proceeded. Screen shows MS app for Windows camera and indicates downloaded. (Camera now listed in app list.) But when Launch was selected,
no action after screen with camera icon. Eventually message appeared " something went wrong: here is message code if needed: 0x400F4271>MediaCaptureFailedEvent>0xC00D3704. We seem to be moving ahead a step at a time. Next suggestion?