Paul, belated happy birthday!! Great to hear from you in the comments. I hope things are going well for you and that you enjoyed your birthday. 28 eh? You're just a chizzler! :)
Two seconds? Ouch. It's stuff like that makes me NOT long for the old days of compact digital cameras. If true, it really sabotages the P5000. Particularly sad because I still keep my Coolpix4500 around - it's one of the ones with the swivel in it, and is sufficiently unobtrusive that it's useful for getting candid shots. And not having to carry around my SLR.