Long Delay between pressing shutter and picture being taken

I have recently been encountering a problem where it takes several seconds for a picture to be taken once the button is pressed. I have seen a similar problem posted with another version of the Olympus camera but not fix was offered. Is this a hard failure of the camera, a software problem or something I am doing wrong. Any ideas would be appreciated.

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If the camera has been on standby- then older models can take a time to 'wake-up' this is a battery saving device. Check you manual - it may be a variable function. Failing that, simply tap the shutter release from time to time with the camera on this keeps it 'live' but will ofcourse 'down' the batteries sooner.

Posted on Jun 14, 2007

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