[robert1356]

I just confirmed it is possible - I'm running on a Mac and I just installed "Webcam Settings Panel" from the app store. It allowed me to adjust the exposure to a BLACK image. It also seems to confirm that it is not doing any of this in software, but is actually querying the camera for it's capabilities. The setting options are different between the LifeCam, my laptop iSight and my monitor's iSight, for example, the LifeCam has a backlight compensation slider while the iSights show up as simply on/off options.

I also confirmed that the settings are saved in the camera (or at least in the driver) - quit the settings panel (so I know it wasn't restoring the values) and unplugged the cam and plugged it back in and the image was the same as when I had unplugged it. This is all good news, now if I can just figure out how to use the USBCamera, NIVision.IMAQ or something on the RoboRIO to make these same adjustments, I would be happy.