diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2a69982..fd9f6c6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@ O.*
 /dbd
 .cvsignore
 *.db
-*.db.*
\ No newline at end of file
+*.db.*
+pv.list
+core.*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ADHamaApp/src/hama.cpp b/ADHamaApp/src/hama.cpp
index e5c3c92..4aaf202 100644
--- a/ADHamaApp/src/hama.cpp
+++ b/ADHamaApp/src/hama.cpp
@@ -473,7 +473,6 @@ return 0;
 }
 //============================================================================
 void Hama::imageTask(){
-epicsTimeStamp imageStamp;
     int status;
     unsigned char *image;
     int acquire;
@@ -484,7 +483,6 @@ epicsTimeStamp imageStamp;
     int imageMode=0;
     int totalImages=0;
     uint64_t prevAcquisitionCount = 0;
-    epicsTimeStamp startTime; // endTime;
     DCAMCAP_TRANSFERINFO captransferinfo;
 
     //static const char *functionName = "imageTask";
@@ -514,13 +512,12 @@ epicsTimeStamp imageStamp;
             else {
                 acquire = 1;
                 /* Get the current time */
-                epicsTimeGetCurrent(&startTime);
                 prevAcquisitionCount = 0;
             }
         }
 
         /* Added this delay for the thread not to hog the processor. No need to run on full speed. */
-        epicsThreadSleep(0.001);
+        //epicsThreadSleep(0.001);
 
         // get image transfer status.
         unlock();
@@ -549,7 +546,10 @@ epicsTimeStamp imageStamp;
             memset(image, 0, width * 2 * height);
 
             count++;
-            accessCapturedImage(m_hdcam, captransferinfo.nNewestFrameIndex, image, width * 2, width, height);
+
+            int32 ts_sec = 0, ts_microsec = 0;
+            accessCapturedImage(m_hdcam, captransferinfo.nNewestFrameIndex, image,
+                                width * 2, width, height, ts_sec, ts_microsec);
 
             getIntegerParam(NDArrayCallbacks, &callback);
             if(callback) {
@@ -564,8 +564,7 @@ epicsTimeStamp imageStamp;
 
                 if(pImage) {
                     pImage->uniqueId = count;
-                    pImage->timeStamp = imageStamp.secPastEpoch +
-                        (imageStamp.nsec / 1.0e9);
+                    pImage->timeStamp = ts_sec + (ts_microsec / 1.0e6);
                     updateTimeStamp(&pImage->epicsTS);
 
                     memcpy(pImage->pData, (epicsUInt16 *)image, pImage->dataSize);
@@ -1052,7 +1051,9 @@ inline void* memcpy_s( void* dst, size_t dstsize, const void* src, size_t srclen
 		return memcpy( dst, src, srclen );
 }
 
-asynStatus Hama::accessCapturedImage(HDCAM hdcam, int32 iFrame, void* buf, int32 rowbytes, int32 cx, int32 cy )
+asynStatus Hama::accessCapturedImage(HDCAM hdcam, int32 iFrame, void* buf,
+                                     int32 rowbytes, int32 cx, int32 cy,
+                                     int32& ts_sec, int32& ts_microsec)
 {
 	DCAMERR err;
 
@@ -1074,6 +1075,10 @@ asynStatus Hama::accessCapturedImage(HDCAM hdcam, int32 iFrame, void* buf, int32
 		return asynError;
 	}
 
+    // Get timestamp from the the frame
+    ts_sec = bufframe.timestamp.sec;
+    ts_microsec = bufframe.timestamp.microsec;
+
 	// copy target ROI
 	int32 copyrowbytes = cx * 2;
 	char* pSrc = (char*)bufframe.buf;
diff --git a/ADHamaApp/src/hama.h b/ADHamaApp/src/hama.h
index a336d4c..0e5c94e 100644
--- a/ADHamaApp/src/hama.h
+++ b/ADHamaApp/src/hama.h
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ private:
     asynStatus startAcquire(void);
     asynStatus stopAcquire(void);
     void getImageInformation(HDCAM hdcam, int32& pixeltype, int32& width, int32& rowbytes, int32& height, int32& framebytes);
-    asynStatus accessCapturedImage(HDCAM hdcam, int32 iFrame, void* buf, int32 rowbytes, int32 cx, int32 cy);
+    asynStatus accessCapturedImage(HDCAM hdcam, int32 iFrame, void* buf, int32 rowbytes, int32 cx, int32 cy, int32& ts_sec, int32& ts_microsec);
     asynStatus imageTransferStatus(HDCAM hdcam, DCAMCAP_TRANSFERINFO &captransferinfo);
 
 
diff --git a/cmds/st.cmd b/cmds/st.cmd
index ba9cb96..5a39edf 100644
--- a/cmds/st.cmd
+++ b/cmds/st.cmd
@@ -44,3 +44,5 @@ dbpf Hama:cam1:PoolUsedMem.SCAN 0
 dbpf Hama:image1:EnableCallbacks 1
 
 epicsThreadSleep(1.0)
+
+dbl > pv.list