Speed up the camera times
 

There was a post here about speeding up camera times by installing the LEO Camera Fix. I installed it and noticed that it didn't speed up my camera shutter time any.
But I did find these settings that seem to do the trick:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\Camera\Captparam

Key: CapKeyDelayTime: Originally 1500, change to 500
Key: CaptureTimer: Originally 5000, change to 100

Re: Speed up the camera times
 

Yeah- I thought that Leo thing worked when I installed it. But after a couple of days decided it was all in my head. I knew about one of these you posted and it did help. I will have to try the other. Thanks.

Re: Speed up the camera times
 

Where can I find these settings?

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Does this work on Windows Mobile? I have Palm Treo Pro, Winmo 6.1. Where can I download these?

Re: Speed up the camera times
 

there is no download... unless your looking for leo camera fix which you might find if you search for. these are registry edits that are done through a reg editor such as phm regedit

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They are not downloads. They are registry settings. So you go into your phone registry and change it.

Use these instructions at your own risk. Back up your registry first.

First you will need some tools/a tool to change your registry. On my phone I use "PHM Registry Editor" (it is free and works fine). Or, if you prefer being able to use your full size keyboard, you can get CeRegEditor and edit your registry while using Active Sync.

So- install PHM. Run it. Back up your registry (Select "Tools". Select "Back Up")

Expand "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE". Expand "SOFTWARE". Expand "HTC". Expand "Camera". Double click "Captparam" (do not expand it -open it). Then, at the bottom 1/2 of the screen you will see all the "D" words and their values.

Select "CapKeyDelayTime". In the "Value data" box, change from 1500 to 500. Press "OK" (bottom left not top right).

Select "CaptureTimer". In the "Value data" box, change from 5000 to 500. Press "OK" (bottom left not top right). (I used 500, you can use 100 if you want.)

Soft reset your device (power off and power on). Test it out.

Of course I have no idea how a Palm device works. If you are running Windows Mobile- then I think this should work. But again- I don't pretend to know anything about Palm. As a matter of fact- I don't pretend to know anything about WinMo.

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The camera wouldn't work if it sped up the shutter time. The shutter itself needs the time it needs to expose the picture properly. What the leo camera fix does it that it speeds up all the rest of the camera software, and I have personally found that it does that quite nicely.

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most custom roms have fixed this. Trust me.. if you had the shutter problems you would notice it. It would literally pause for a good full 5 to 10 seconds before snapping the pic. If you are gettin the normal 1 to 3 sec pause then your all set.. you dont need the "fix"

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Try to understand.... It's not a shutter problem if it pauses BEFORE taking the picture. It's a software issue that's not shutter related. Whether or not it has the delay BEFORE taking the picture, the amount of time the shutter is open for the exposure is the same with or without the leo camera fix.

A few of you guys keep saying there's a shutter problem. It's not. If the shutter was open for the improper amount of time, the pictures would be way over or under exposed.

The fix is related to correcting problem with the software for the autofocus and exposure calculations plus other performance enhancing fixes.

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Very sound argument concerning the "shutter". I am assuming that us photo laymen are just using the word generically and not in the true technical sense. So I will not argue your point there. But at the same time I don't think that this can be argued either... In the registry there is this setting:

Capture Time=5000. Whatever that does, it takes 5 seconds. Changing that to 500 means that whatever used to take 5 seconds now takes 1/2 a second. I haven't noticed any image degradation by making the adjustments. Likewise- using the Leo fix I personally did not notice image quality improvement nor a gain in speed.

Sense you are apparently using the Leo Fix- would you mind looking at these entries in your registry and posting what your settings are?

***EDIT***

I couldn't wait so I went ahead and installed the Leo fix. It does not affect these settings in the registry.