diff --git a/src/bumblebee.cpp b/src/bumblebee.cpp
index 68e8b9097e0fe24a3e7601a10a3d5797058d4914..d72886a0bf88eb23e61114c0055c448e282b6879 100755
--- a/src/bumblebee.cpp
+++ b/src/bumblebee.cpp
@@ -279,12 +279,6 @@ void CBumblebee::get_stereo_image_shared(char *left,char *right)
   dc1394video_frame_t *frame;
   unsigned char *de_interleaved,*RGB_image;
 
-  if ( left != NULL || right != NULL)
-  {
-    DEBUG_INFO("Invalid image buffer.\n");
-    /* handle error */
-    throw CFirewireCameraException(_HERE_,"Invalid image buffer. Please provide an unallocated memory buffer.");
-  }
   DEBUG_INFO("Capturing a new image ... ");
   if ( this->one_shot_mode == DC1394_ON )
   {
diff --git a/src/examples/bumblebee.cpp b/src/examples/bumblebee.cpp
index d76dcbc255522b8de585f5db5d239dbb048f7ade..896180877020bacd610c7fe13822160b34f3d33d 100755
--- a/src/examples/bumblebee.cpp
+++ b/src/examples/bumblebee.cpp
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     event_server=CEventServer::instance();
     bumblebee->get_config(&left_off,&top_off,&width,&height,&framerate,&depth,&coding);
     framerate=20;
-    coding=MONO;
-    depth=DEPTH8;
+//    coding=MONO;
+//    depth=DEPTH8;
     bumblebee->set_config(&left_off,&top_off,&width,&height,&framerate,depth,coding);
     bumblebee->get_stereo_config(&width,&height,&framerate,&depth,&coding);
     std::cout << "Image size: " << width << "x" << height << std::endl;