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Re:Introducing the new Snapchat by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @11:13AM (#15807908)
I think it can take a hundred milliseconds or more to actually capture. It has to switch the camera from preview mode to capture, which involves a change in resolution, encoding and perhaps recalibrating white balance and automatic gain. So press the button and hold for a beat, or when you release the button you make shake/blur the image at the moment of capture.
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Re:Introducing the new Snapchat by distantsounds on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @11:42AM (#15808194)
None of these performance hits sound like they negatively affect the purpose of the app though, at least not detrimentally to the point where poeple would complain about it.

I am but one person, but there are far more complaints about the quality of the photos, than the milliseconds of lag you see hitting the capture button.

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