Nokia E90 - the most difficult camera to master

I'm still having great difficulties in taking photos with my Nokia E90. The camera phone seems to perform completely unpredictably. Sometimes it takes a nice photo right away, sometimes it stops for a couple of seconds and then continues without taking a photo.

However, some things are becoming clearer. The shutter lag of 0-3 seconds seems to be due to a kind of movement-recognition system. If there are moving objects in view, the camera tries to focus on them, and usually the moment is gone when (if ever) the focus is successful. In low light, taking a photo in a situation like this usually fails.

I have dozens of photos taken of my feet. These photos were taken when I put down the camera to have a look what kind of photo is there.

Taking action photos of people is especially taxing. You press the button, wait for a while, and when nothing happens move the camera to check what is going on. At that moment a picture is taken. Nokia E90 is a sports-photographer's nightmare camera.