# Camera image is low light

**URL:** <https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/camera-image-is-low-light/5389>\
**Category:** Issues developing apps\
**Tags:** v2\
**Created:** [July 2, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/camera-image-is-low-light/5389 "2025-07-02T22:04:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![alvarocda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openvidu.discourse.group/alvarocda/32/2203_2.png) [@alvarocda](https://openvidu.discourse.group/u/alvarocda)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/camera-image-is-low-light/5389/1 "2025-07-02T22:04:53Z")

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I am running a video conferencing service using OpenVidu 2.31.0  
I am using the components of the openvidu-angular lib and the application works perfectly.

However, some users are having problems where the camera image is dark, as if the person were in a room with poor lighting. It is possible to see the person on the camera but the image is very dark, even though the person is in a room with good lighting.

In other video conferencing tools, the camera correctly displays the image with the correct lighting.

How can I fix this? I could not find any other topics with a similar problem here.

The webcam model is:  
Webcam Cinema Usb Black Microsoft - H5D00013

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**Author:** ![cruizba](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openvidu.discourse.group/cruizba/32/18_2.png) [@cruizba](https://openvidu.discourse.group/u/cruizba)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 9:38am UTC](https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/camera-image-is-low-light/5389/2 "2025-07-03T09:38:19Z")

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This is very strange. It is probably related with the camera of the user rather than OpenVidu itself. I suppose other users don’t have that problem, right?

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**Author:** ![cruizba](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openvidu.discourse.group/cruizba/32/18_2.png) [@cruizba](https://openvidu.discourse.group/u/cruizba)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 9:43am UTC](https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/camera-image-is-low-light/5389/3 "2025-07-03T09:43:36Z")

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Looking at this [webrtc blog from webrtchacks](https://webrtchacks.com/bad-lighting-fix-with-javascript-webcam-exposure/) maybe you can access through `openvidu-browser` the `MediaStreamTrack` somehow and modify camera properties.