Why doesn't the camera work the lock screen sometimes?

When I launch the camera app from the lock screen on my iphone (4), one of three things happens.
Sometimes the preview is really small, like this
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/drtoffeejr/IMG_2358.png
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/drtoffeejr/IMG_2359.png
this doesn't affect the actual size of the pictures however. Meaning if I take a picture while it's like that then swipe over to look at it, it is the normal size. I have also found that this part can be fixed by switching the the front camera then back to the rear camera.
The second thing that could happen is that the animation of the lens opening will freeze while it's still closed, meaning I can't see anything besides the closed lens picture.
The third thing that could happen is that it works fine.
These problems only seem to happen when I launch the camera from the lock screen as I have never had anything like that happen when I use the app after unlocking my phone.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

That is a new one. I haven't seen that before. You might have a hardware problem. Also may want to try to restore the phone and see if that fixes the problem. Also have you restarted the phone by holding the home button and the sleep/wake switch ignoring the swipe to power off message and then powering up the phone again?

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