# Image capture help or documentation **URL:** \ **Category:** Unity Development\ **Created:** [December 7, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.magicleap.cloud/t/image-capture-help-or-documentation/2949 "2023-12-07T18:45:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![logan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/278dde/32.png) [@logan](https://forum.magicleap.cloud/u/logan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.magicleap.cloud/t/image-capture-help-or-documentation/2949/1 "2023-12-07T18:45:10Z")
Unity SDK 1.8 MLSDK 1.4.0-dev1 Unity 2022.2.21 ML OS 1.3.0-dev2 I'm capturing images for CV and it's been quite difficult to get what I need consistently. I started using a video capture method that is ok, but not ideal. It sometimes results in crashes or "Long frame drop" problems that some of the team is aware of. It also shows a recording icon constantly when that's not accurate and is confusing to customers. What I really need is to be able to efficiently, on-demand, non-blocking, just grab images. Both with holograms and without. The primary purpose is computer vision. Secondary is for customers to save the results. When I tried to transition to an image-based version, I couldn't find any clear documentation or examples. I did my best to convert from my video-focused version, but it fails in both MLCameraPreCaptureAEWB and MLCameraCaptureImage. I go through all the camera setup and connections I'm aware of, but it still tells me the CV camera is not available. Permissions are in place. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/magicleap1/original/2X/1/11c14617f239cc199d0085ff16d2c7beb096f5e7.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/magicleap1/original/2X/6/6c145942da22e44aab7543f1cdf40dd1f481b853.png) Tagging @sfernandez ---
**Author:** ![sfernandez](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.magicleap.cloud/sfernandez/32/747_2.png) [@sfernandez](https://forum.magicleap.cloud/u/sfernandez)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.magicleap.cloud/t/image-capture-help-or-documentation/2949/3 "2023-12-11T22:28:09Z")
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