Camera metadata includes subclass name, and test

src/openflexure_microscope_server/things/camera/__init__.py

@@ -643,8 +643,12 @@ class BaseCamera(lt.Thing):
 
     @property
     def thing_state(self) -> Mapping[str, Any]:
-        """Empty metadata dict for subclasses to populate."""
-        return {}
+        """Return camera-specific metadata.
+
+        By default, this just adds the subclass name as the camera type.
+        Subclasses can extend by overriding this property and calling `super()`.
+        """
+        return {"camera": self.__class__.__name__}
 
 
 def downsample(factor: int, image: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:

src/openflexure_microscope_server/things/camera/picamera.py

@@ -927,4 +927,9 @@ class StreamingPiCamera2(BaseCamera):
         """Update generic camera metadata with Picamera-specific data."""
         state = dict(super().thing_state)
         state["camera_board"] = self._camera_board
+        state["tuning"] = {
+            "exposure_time": self.exposure_time,
+            "colour_gains": self.colour_gains,
+            "analogue_gain": self.analogue_gain,
+        }
         return state