I am using version 1.55 and have the following problem. I have set the continuous shooting to unlimited and the interval to 1 hour. The timer works as expected, but I notice from the timestamp that there is a time shift of approximately 2 seconds after each shot. This means, for example, the first photo is taken at 12:00:00. The next one is at 13:00:02, the one after that at 14:00:04, and so on. And the 'error' keeps increasing, never decreasing. The flash is always on, and the conditions are the same. Is there something wrong with the timer algorithm? Can the timer be more accurate?
thnx in advance
KH
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I found out that the time difference is caused by the creation of the photo. The photo is taken after the one-hour period has passed, which takes about 2 seconds. Only after that does the timer restart. As a result, the consecutive photos are not taken exactly after the set time, e.g., one hour, but rather about 2 seconds are added each time.
Is it possible to improve this so that the photo is triggered exactly after the set time?
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2025-10-13
All I know is that it works fine on older Androids, I think up to 9 later you can see these problems even in other lengths.
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Hi,
I am using version 1.55 and have the following problem. I have set the continuous shooting to unlimited and the interval to 1 hour. The timer works as expected, but I notice from the timestamp that there is a time shift of approximately 2 seconds after each shot. This means, for example, the first photo is taken at 12:00:00. The next one is at 13:00:02, the one after that at 14:00:04, and so on. And the 'error' keeps increasing, never decreasing. The flash is always on, and the conditions are the same. Is there something wrong with the timer algorithm? Can the timer be more accurate?
thnx in advance
KH
I found out that the time difference is caused by the creation of the photo. The photo is taken after the one-hour period has passed, which takes about 2 seconds. Only after that does the timer restart. As a result, the consecutive photos are not taken exactly after the set time, e.g., one hour, but rather about 2 seconds are added each time.
Is it possible to improve this so that the photo is triggered exactly after the set time?
All I know is that it works fine on older Androids, I think up to 9 later you can see these problems even in other lengths.
I've fixed this for the next version (to measure time from when each photo was started, rather than only restarting the timer after taking a photo).
Hi Mark,
sounds great. thnx so much for your fantastic work.
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