Abstract: Systems and methods providing a photo sequence mode for a camera system are provided. In one embodiment, a camera system comprises a camera, a controller and a camera driver. The camera system may be a part or subsystem of a smart device, a mobile device, a tablet, a laptop, a camera or the like. The photo sequence mode is capable of affecting image capture for a camera system that may have a slower response time that the most advanced digital camera (e.g. one that has a relatively small latency period between the time the user “clicks” the camera and the time the image is captured). In photo sequence mode, the camera system may set up prior to click indication. For example, pre-click or pre-processing image buffers may be allocated, image sensor may be warmed up and pre-click images may be stored in a limited number of pre-processing buffers.