Canon A400 long shutter time

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JDent wrote:
> When I take picture the screen goes black and stays black for 5-6 secs. I
> think it is while the flash is re-charging.
> When I shoot without flash it still seems to take a long time for the live
> picture to return.
> Any tips on how to set it up to make it faster.
> Cheers Jaz
>
>
Thats the camera actually saving the picture. No way to speed that up

Tony M

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>>> When I take picture the screen goes black and stays black for 5-6 secs. I
>>> think it is while the flash is re-charging.
>
>> Thats the camera actually saving the picture. No way to speed that up

I don't think it is...my A75 does not blank the screen while writing to
the flash card.

Are you sure you have good batteries?

I have a Canon A75, and it does not blank the display for very long at
all, perhaps half a second or so. Perhaps the batteries are weak? I'm
using good 2300mAH NiMH cells and flash recharge time is very quick.