{
 "id": "the-auto-exposure-transient-after-re-initialising-a",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "The auto-exposure transient after re-initialising a GC0308 cannot be removed in software, and the register carry-over that should fix it does not",
 "symptom": "The obvious fix for a settling delay is to capture the converged state before tearing the sensor down and restore it afterwards. The registers are readable, only a handful differ, and writing them back is trivial. It does not work.",
 "hw": [
  "esp32-s3",
  "gc0308"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "esp32-camera",
  "arduino"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "about": [
  "GC0308 on ESP32-S3"
 ],
 "intent": "Try to eliminate the settling delay after a camera resolution switch",
 "date": "2026-08-25",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check",
  "body"
 ],
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}