diff --git a/webcam-capture/src/main/java/com/github/sarxos/webcam/WebcamUpdater.java b/webcam-capture/src/main/java/com/github/sarxos/webcam/WebcamUpdater.java
index 9607bc37..379860de 100644
--- a/webcam-capture/src/main/java/com/github/sarxos/webcam/WebcamUpdater.java
+++ b/webcam-capture/src/main/java/com/github/sarxos/webcam/WebcamUpdater.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.github.sarxos.webcam;
 
+import static com.github.sarxos.webcam.WebcamExceptionHandler.handle;
+
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException;
@@ -17,47 +19,44 @@
 
 
 /**
- * The goal of webcam updater class is to update image in parallel, so all calls
- * to fetch image invoked on webcam instance will be non-blocking (will return
- * immediately).
+ * The goal of webcam updater class is to update image in parallel, so all calls to fetch image
+ * invoked on webcam instance will be non-blocking (will return immediately).
  * 
  * @author Bartosz Firyn (sarxos)
  */
 public class WebcamUpdater implements Runnable {
 
 	/**
-	 * Implementation of this interface is responsible for calculating the delay
-	 * between 2 image fetching, when the non-blocking (asynchronous) access to the
-	 * webcam is enabled.
+	 * Implementation of this interface is responsible for calculating the delay between 2 image
+	 * fetching, when the non-blocking (asynchronous) access to the webcam is enabled.
 	 */
 	public static interface DelayCalculator {
 
 		/**
-		 * Calculates delay before the next image will be fetched from the
-		 * webcam.
-		 * Must return number greater or equal 0. 
+		 * Calculates delay before the next image will be fetched from the webcam. Must return
+		 * number greater or equal 0.
 		 * 
 		 * @param snapshotDuration - duration of taking the last image
-		 * @param deviceFps - current FPS obtained from the device, or -1 if the
-		 *            driver doesn't support it
+		 * @param deviceFps - current FPS obtained from the device, or -1 if the driver doesn't
+		 *            support it
 		 * @return interval (in millis)
 		 */
 		long calculateDelay(long snapshotDuration, double deviceFps);
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Default impl of DelayCalculator, based on TARGET_FPS. Returns 0 delay for
-	 * snapshotDuration > 20 millis.
+	 * Default impl of DelayCalculator, based on TARGET_FPS. Returns 0 delay for snapshotDuration
+	 * > 20 millis.
 	 */
 	public static class DefaultDelayCalculator implements DelayCalculator {
 
 		@Override
 		public long calculateDelay(long snapshotDuration, double deviceFps) {
-			// Calculate delay required to achieve target FPS. 
-			// In some cases it can be less than 0 
+			// Calculate delay required to achieve target FPS.
+			// In some cases it can be less than 0
 			// because camera is not able to serve images as fast as
-			// we would like to. In such case just run with no delay, 
-			// so maximum FPS will be the one supported 
+			// we would like to. In such case just run with no delay,
+			// so maximum FPS will be the one supported
 			// by camera device in the moment.
 
 			long delay = Math.max((1000 / TARGET_FPS) - snapshotDuration, 0);
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@ public Thread newThread(Runnable r) {
 	 * DelayCalculator implementation.
 	 */
 	private final DelayCalculator delayCalculator;
-	
+
 	/**
 	 * Construct new webcam updater using DefaultDelayCalculator.
 	 * 
@@ -201,9 +200,8 @@ public void run() {
 		try {
 			tick();
 		} catch (Throwable t) {
-			WebcamExceptionHandler.handle(t);
+			handle(t);
 		}
-
 	}
 
 	private void tick() {
@@ -212,9 +210,6 @@ private void tick() {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		long t1 = 0;
-		long t2 = 0;
-
 		// Calculate time required to fetch 1 picture.
 
 		WebcamDriver driver = Webcam.getDriver();
@@ -223,23 +218,25 @@ private void tick() {
 		assert driver != null;
 		assert device != null;
 
-		BufferedImage img = null;
-
-		t1 = System.currentTimeMillis();
-		img = webcam.transform(new WebcamGetImageTask(driver, device).getImage());
-		t2 = System.currentTimeMillis();
-
-		image.set(img);
-		imageNew = true;
+		boolean imageOk = false;
+		long t1 = System.currentTimeMillis();
+		try {
+			image.set(webcam.transform(new WebcamGetImageTask(driver, device).getImage()));
+			imageNew = true;
+			imageOk = true;
+		} catch (WebcamException e) {
+			handle(e);
+		}
+		long t2 = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
 		double deviceFps = -1;
 		if (device instanceof WebcamDevice.FPSSource) {
 			deviceFps = ((WebcamDevice.FPSSource) device).getFPS();
 		}
 
-		long duration = t2 - t1; 
+		long duration = t2 - t1;
 		long delay = delayCalculator.calculateDelay(duration, deviceFps);
-		
+
 		long delta = duration + 1; // +1 to avoid division by zero
 		if (deviceFps >= 0) {
 			fps = deviceFps;
@@ -259,16 +256,17 @@ private void tick() {
 
 		// notify webcam listeners about the new image available
 
-		webcam.notifyWebcamImageAcquired(image.get());
+		if (imageOk) {
+			webcam.notifyWebcamImageAcquired(image.get());
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Return currently available image. This method will return immediately
-	 * while it was been called after camera has been open. In case when there
-	 * are parallel threads running and there is a possibility to call this
-	 * method in the opening time, or before camera has been open at all, this
-	 * method will block until webcam return first image. Maximum blocking time
-	 * will be 10 seconds, after this time method will return null.
+	 * Return currently available image. This method will return immediately while it was been
+	 * called after camera has been open. In case when there are parallel threads running and there
+	 * is a possibility to call this method in the opening time, or before camera has been open at
+	 * all, this method will block until webcam return first image. Maximum blocking time will be 10
+	 * seconds, after this time method will return null.
 	 * 
 	 * @return Image stored in cache
 	 */
@@ -305,8 +303,8 @@ protected boolean isImageNew() {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Return current FPS number. It is calculated in real-time on the base of
-	 * how often camera serve new image.
+	 * Return current FPS number. It is calculated in real-time on the base of how often camera
+	 * serve new image.
 	 * 
 	 * @return FPS number
 	 */