diff --git a/src/android/camera_capabilities.cpp b/src/android/camera_capabilities.cpp
index c4c26089..6ae2cd4d 100644
--- a/src/android/camera_capabilities.cpp
+++ b/src/android/camera_capabilities.cpp
@@ -359,6 +359,9 @@ void CameraCapabilities::computeHwLevel(
 {
 	camera_metadata_ro_entry_t entry;
 	bool found;
+
+	const char *noFull = "Hardware level FULL unavailable: ";
+
 	camera_metadata_enum_android_info_supported_hardware_level
 		hwLevel = ANDROID_INFO_SUPPORTED_HARDWARE_LEVEL_FULL;
 
@@ -372,8 +375,10 @@ void CameraCapabilities::computeHwLevel(
 		hwLevel = ANDROID_INFO_SUPPORTED_HARDWARE_LEVEL_LIMITED;
 
 	found = staticMetadata_->getEntry(ANDROID_SYNC_MAX_LATENCY, &entry);
-	if (!found || *entry.data.i32 != 0)
+	if (!found || *entry.data.i32 != 0) {
+		LOG(HAL, Info) << noFull << "missing or invalid max sync latency";
 		hwLevel = ANDROID_INFO_SUPPORTED_HARDWARE_LEVEL_LIMITED;
+	}
 
 	hwLevel_ = hwLevel;
 }