AVCaptureDevice Camera Zoom

Question

I have a simple AVCaptureSession running to get a camera feed in my app and take photos. How can I implement the \'pinch to zoom\' functionality using a UIGestureRecognize

Answer 1

I started from the @Gabriel Cartier's solution (thanks). In my code I've preferred to use the smoother rampToVideoZoomFactor and a simpler way to compute the device's scale factor.

(IBAction) pinchForZoom:(id) sender forEvent:(UIEvent*) event {
    UIPinchGestureRecognizer* pinchRecognizer = (UIPinchGestureRecognizer *)sender;

    static CGFloat zoomFactorBegin = .0;
    if ( UIGestureRecognizerStateBegan == pinchRecognizer.state ) {
        zoomFactorBegin = self.captureDevice.videoZoomFactor;

    } else if (UIGestureRecognizerStateChanged == pinchRecognizer.state) {
        NSError *error = nil;
        if ([self.captureDevice lockForConfiguration:&error]) {

            CGFloat desiredZoomFactor = zoomFactorBegin * pinchRecognizer.scale;
            CGFloat zoomFactor = MAX(1.0, MIN(desiredZoomFactor, self.captureDevice.activeFormat.videoMaxZoomFactor));
            [self.captureDevice rampToVideoZoomFactor:zoomFactor withRate:3.0];

            [self.captureDevice unlockForConfiguration];
        } else {
            NSLog(@"error: %@", error);
        }
    }
}