title: Camera API for a Windows 8 Tablet on Visual Studio Express 2013 (For Windows Desktop)
body: <p>I want to write a program for my tablet using Visual Studio Express 2013 (for Windows Desktop). The tablet is running Windows 8.1 Pro.</p>
  
  <p>For compatibility and ease of programming, I would like to continue working in VS Express 2013 for Windows Desktop.</p>
  
  <p>I want my program to use the device's camera capture functionality. I would hope that this would be as simple as using libraries/APIs that are already widely known. However, all of the documentation and help forum posts I have read so far suggest that WIA (Windows Image Acquisition) was the library to use for desktops and Windows Media Capture must be used for Windows 8.1.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a better way?</p>