[Greg McKaskle]

The VAPIX API, which is what the Axis cameras respond to, lists a property called ColorEnabled. That property causes the camera to return a monochrome JPEG. It will be smaller and may decompress faster.

This differs from setting the color level to zero. A color level only affects how saturated the image is. You'll still get a color image, but with little or no color in it.

I don't know if the Java libraries include ColorEnabled, as it is rarely used.

Greg McKaskle