From aeefb2560f0ec273bcf356a63d5cdc4fc721a716 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Balthasar Reuter <github@re-web.eu>
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2018 00:11:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Improvements to idle

---
 photobooth/camera/CameraPicamera.py | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/photobooth/camera/CameraPicamera.py b/photobooth/camera/CameraPicamera.py
index 2b89a1c..5adcd2d 100644
--- a/photobooth/camera/CameraPicamera.py
+++ b/photobooth/camera/CameraPicamera.py
@@ -38,17 +38,18 @@ class CameraPicamera(Camera):
 
         logging.info('Using PiCamera')
 
-        self._cap = PiCamera()
+        self._cap = None
 
     def setActive(self):
 
-        if self._cap.closed:
+        if self._cap is None or self._cap.closed:
             self._cap = PiCamera()
 
     def setIdle(self):
 
-        if not self._cap.closed:
+        if self._cap is not None and not self._cap.closed:
             self._cap.close()
+            self._cap = None
 
     def getPreview(self):