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# configurableCaptureDeviceForPrimaryCamera

An object that enables you to alter the appearance of a frame’s captured image.

```
class var configurableCaptureDeviceForPrimaryCamera: AVCaptureDevice? { get }
```

## Discussion

This property provides the underlying capture device for the framework’s camera feed. By altering the device’s configuration, your app indirectly adjusts the visual properties of the each AR frame’s [`capturedImage`](/documentation/ARKit/ARFrame/capturedImage).

Alter the device’s settings with caution, as extreme changes can affect ARKit’s features that rely on the [`capturedImage`](/documentation/ARKit/ARFrame/capturedImage) and depend on its integrity, such as people occlusion that uses [`personSegmentation`](/documentation/ARKit/ARConfiguration/FrameSemantics-swift.struct/personSegmentation).

> Important:
> This property is `nil` on devices that aren’t equiped with an ultra-wide camera.

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