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Camera app for taking pictures faster?

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I've never had a huge problem with the Eris' stock camera app- I've heard about apps that are more flexible, take better pics (supposedly), and have different effects you can use, but has anyone found an app that is more responsive? I usually snap shots of scenery or people posing, but this christmas while trying to take pictures of my 15 month-old nephew it became apparent how much of a delay there is from the time I push in the trackball to the time the picture is actually taken. I'm assuming it's a hardware issue with the eris itself, but just thought I'd ask.
 
The camera app Vignette has what they call a 'fastshot' setting. It doesn't actually save the pictures any faster (in fact it could be slower) but it returns you to the camera much faster, while it saves the pictures to SD card in the background. You just have to be careful not to turn off the camera until it's done saving all the pictures you've taken.
 
Thanks mhotovec, I have heard good things about Vignette and may have to give that a try. So it brings you back to the camera faster, which is great, but does it help with any of the delay from the time you hit the trackball to the time the pic is actually taken? This may just be a case of it being really difficult to hit the button and have the camera get the photo before the subject moves on a camera phone in general, if not specifically for the Eris.
 
One of the main things I like about Vignette is that it has an option to take the picture by pressing the screen, rather than the trackball. For ME pressing the trackball to take a picture is unhandy, and it invariably causes me to shake the camera.
There is about a 1 second delay while it focuses before taking the picture, I don't find that to be a problem, others may have different opinions about what is 'fast enough'.
 
True, but, for me at least, it didn't seem to work consistently - maybe I wasn't holding my mouth right. :)
 
I expect that it would, but I also expect that the differences would be so slight as to not be noticeable by a human. You'd probably have to be a computer measuring time in milliseconds to be able to see the difference.
 
i figured that, but was hoping that wouldn't be the case.

i have a class-2 micro sd card, and was thinking about getting a class-6 one. saw a sale a few days ago, but i didn't go for it.
 
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