ah. There /is/ a workaround. If I switch from the front to the rear camera, and back to the front, then it recentres after all. Having recentred, if I then switch back to resizeable mode the image is differently offset.
** Attachment added: "shift from properly centred maximised version back to resizeable" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/camera-app/+bug/1584524/+attachment/4668291/+files/screenshot20160522_214418626.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to camera-app in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1584524 Title: camera app gets baffled when maximising desktop version Status in camera-app package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Here are some screen grabs using the front camera and expanding the camera app from resizeable desktop mode to maximised desktop mode To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/camera-app/+bug/1584524/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp