White Screen during videoControl.getSnapshot()

[am11]

Hi when I call getSnapshot the screen goes blank while the picture is being taken. Is there a way to prevent this. Take the picture without loosing the video that is being shown through the camera. I've tried calling getSnapshot() in a new Thread. I know I can change it to something other then a white screen by drawing something in the paint method of the canvas im using to display the video from the camera but I need to be able to call getSnapshot without disrupting the the users view of the video from the camera. Any1 have any suggestions

[am11]

If anyone doesnt know the answer does anyone know why there is a delay between the screen going white and the flash going off. Why does the flash go off anyway even though i set it to off using FlashControl from AMMS