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I have a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E520 (1143) which I bought without an operating system. Back then I installed Windows Vista and then Ubuntu...I don't remember exactly in which OS I did it, but I changed my Camera in Skype to black and white, because I wanted it that way. Then I updated to Win8 and then updated to Ubuntu 12.04. I still use both now. To my surprise, the WebCam is still black and white and I can't change that back.

On Win8:

In the 'Video Capture Filter Properties' in Settings/Video, the 'Color Enable' square is gray and cannot be checked...In the control panel I find no option to change something in the driver (which i downloaded from the Lenovo official page) to make it work with colors

On Ubuntu:

In the Skype/Options/Video dialogue I see no way to manipulate the color of the image. In the 'System Settings' I see no camera Icon...In 'System Settings'/Color I see the 'Chicony Electronics-Webcam' listed with the tag Uncalibrated. When I try to calibrate it, I realize I have no 'calibration target'...I've now installed the 'v4l2' package and I'm stuck again.

Update Jan 2018:

On every one of my operating systems since 2013 I have had a black-and-white camera. So I have decided to stop looking for a solution. I have dismantled my laptop and taken out the wbcam-module.

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    You Skype to Black & White in Linux or Windows? What have you tried so we don't repeat that iformation. Update your question to include this information.
    – Ramhound
    Nov 13, 2013 at 17:35
  • Does it work with another PC?
    – gronostaj
    Nov 13, 2013 at 23:44
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    @gronostaj: its a on-board camera on a laptop, so trying it on another PC might be tricky
    – Journeyman Geek
    Nov 14, 2013 at 0:14
  • Exactly Journeyman
    – scjorge
    Nov 14, 2013 at 2:55

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