DeviceType

type DeviceType = 
  | "wide-angle"
  | "ultra-wide-angle"
  | "telephoto"
  | "dual"
  | "dual-wide"
  | "triple"
  | "quad"
  | "continuity"
  | "lidar-depth"
  | "true-depth"
  | "time-of-flight-depth"
  | "external"
  | "unknown"

Represents the type of a physical or logical Camera lens on the CameraDevice.

Physical Cameras are single hardware lenses:

• 'wide-angle': The default Camera, with a wide field of view.
• 'ultra-wide-angle': A very wide-angle lens, typically capturing a much larger field of view.
• 'telephoto': A lens with a longer focal length, used for optical zoom.
• 'continuity': An external Continuity Camera (iPhone used as a Camera on macOS).
• 'lidar-depth': A LiDAR-based depth sensor.
• 'true-depth': A structured-light based depth sensor (such as the FaceID front Camera).
• 'time-of-flight-depth': A time-of-flight based depth sensor.
• 'external': A generic external Camera (e.g. USB).
• 'unknown': The Camera type is unknown or not reported.

Logical Cameras are virtual Cameras that combine multiple physical Cameras into one:

• 'dual': A logical combination of a wide-angle and a telephoto lens.
• 'dual-wide': A logical combination of a wide-angle and an ultra-wide-angle lens.
• 'triple': A logical combination of three physical Cameras (typically ultra-wide, wide, and telephoto).
• 'quad': A logical combination of four physical Cameras.

See

CameraDevice.physicalDevices