Very strange smartphone camera problem?

Darda

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I seem to be experiencing a very funny issue with the camera. Whenever I take a close-up picture of my computer screen with the default camera app (such that I can see the pixel lattice clearly), the phone seems to freeze and the image is not stored.
I've tested this problem many many times, and I find the conclusion hard to believe, but inevitable: the camera only freezes when I take a close-up of my LCD screen.
Why should it matter what I take a picture of? The software should operate in the same way. This is baffling. I'm not too worried about fixing this issue, but I am very curious as to why it happens so specifically.

My phone is a Nexus S running Android 2.3.6, with a 5MP back camera with auto-focus.
 
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