diff --git a/recognization/code/app.py b/recognization/code/app.py
index 810c20b..ddfacfb 100644
--- a/recognization/code/app.py
+++ b/recognization/code/app.py
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ def create_app(
     scans = scans if scans is not None else build_legacy_scans(engine)
     samples = {item["id"]: item for item in get_available_shelf_images("add")}
     demo_camera = DemoCamera(samples)
+    demo_cameras: Dict[float, DemoCamera] = {}
     sessions: Dict[str, LiveSession] = {}
     sessions_lock = asyncio.Lock()
     app.state.engine = engine
@@ -328,22 +329,34 @@ def create_app(
             raise _error("BAD_REQUEST", "window must be between 160x120 and 2048x2048", 400)
         return win_w, win_h
 
+    def _demo_camera(pan: Optional[float]) -> DemoCamera:
+        """One camera per pacing value (the walk geometry depends on it)."""
+        if pan is None:
+            return demo_camera
+        key = round(float(pan), 4)
+        camera = demo_cameras.get(key)
+        if camera is None:
+            camera = DemoCamera(samples, pan_overlap=key)
+            demo_cameras[key] = camera
+        return camera
+
     @app.get("/v1/demo/plan", dependencies=[Depends(authorize)])
     async def demo_plan(samples_param: Optional[str] = None, width: Optional[int] = None,
-                        height: Optional[int] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+                        height: Optional[int] = None, pan: Optional[float] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """Geometry of the virtual walk (demo-only capture source)."""
         try:
             ids = _demo_samples(samples_param)
             if not ids:
                 raise _error("NOT_FOUND", "no samples available", 404)
-            return {"status": "success", **demo_camera.plan(ids, _demo_window(width, height))}
+            camera = _demo_camera(pan)
+            return {"status": "success", **camera.plan(ids, _demo_window(width, height))}
         except DemoSourceError as exc:
             raise _error("NOT_FOUND", str(exc), 404)
 
     @app.get("/v1/demo/frame", dependencies=[Depends(authorize)])
     async def demo_frame(step: int = 0, samples_param: Optional[str] = None,
                          width: Optional[int] = None, height: Optional[int] = None,
-                         quality: int = 65) -> Response:
+                         quality: int = 65, pan: Optional[float] = None) -> Response:
         """One JPEG frame of the virtual walk: a store employee sweeping the shelf.
 
         Demo-only. The client advances `step` (it wraps), so the walk's speed
@@ -353,7 +366,7 @@ def create_app(
             ids = _demo_samples(samples_param)
             if not ids:
                 raise _error("NOT_FOUND", "no samples available", 404)
-            payload, position = demo_camera.frame(
+            payload, position = _demo_camera(pan).frame(
                 ids, step, _demo_window(width, height), max(30, min(95, int(quality)))
             )
         except DemoSourceError as exc:
diff --git a/recognization/code/demo.py b/recognization/code/demo.py
index 819e7f6..8613b21 100644
--- a/recognization/code/demo.py
+++ b/recognization/code/demo.py
@@ -56,9 +56,15 @@ class Bay:
 class DemoCamera:
     """Plans and renders the virtual walk over one or more shelf photos."""
 
-    def __init__(self, samples: Dict[str, Dict[str, str]], window: Tuple[int, int] = DEFAULT_WINDOW):
+    def __init__(self, samples: Dict[str, Dict[str, str]], window: Tuple[int, int] = DEFAULT_WINDOW,
+                 pan_overlap: float = PAN_OVERLAP):
         self._samples = samples
         self._window = window
+        # How far the window advances per step. The demo's pacing knob: a smaller
+        # value is a slower, more deliberate sweep (more steps, a facing in view
+        # for longer). Clamped so a client cannot ask for a frozen or teleporting
+        # camera.
+        self.pan_overlap = max(0.005, min(0.5, float(pan_overlap)))
         self._lock = threading.Lock()
         self._images: Dict[str, Any] = {}
         self._sizes: Dict[str, Tuple[int, int]] = {}
@@ -104,7 +110,7 @@ class DemoCamera:
     def _pan_steps(self, image_width: int, window_width: int) -> int:
         if window_width >= image_width:
             return 1
-        stride = max(1, int(window_width * PAN_OVERLAP))
+        stride = max(1, int(window_width * self.pan_overlap))
         return max(1, int(math.ceil((image_width - window_width) / stride)) + 1)
 
     def plan(self, sample_ids: Sequence[str], window: Optional[Tuple[int, int]] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
@@ -136,7 +142,7 @@ class DemoCamera:
             ],
             "steps": total,
             "row_overlap": ROW_OVERLAP,
-            "pan_overlap": PAN_OVERLAP,
+            "pan_overlap": self.pan_overlap,
         }
 
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------ rendering
@@ -181,7 +187,7 @@ class DemoCamera:
         # Ascending: band 0 is the bottom of the shelf.
         y_bottom = min(image_height - win_h, band * stride_y)
         y = max(0, image_height - win_h - y_bottom)
-        stride_x = max(1, int(win_w * PAN_OVERLAP))
+        stride_x = max(1, int(win_w * self.pan_overlap))
         max_x = max(0, image_width - win_w)
         if within < per_band:
             pan = within
diff --git a/recognization/code/tags.py b/recognization/code/tags.py
index 36c3091..e43b2f6 100644
--- a/recognization/code/tags.py
+++ b/recognization/code/tags.py
@@ -363,8 +363,13 @@ def parse_price_tag(texts: Sequence[str], lines: Optional[Sequence[OcrLine]] = N
 @dataclass
 class TagSettings:
     enabled: bool = True
-    pass_interval_frames: int = 15
-    max_bands_per_pass: int = 2
+    # OCR is the most expensive thing the server does (~124 ms per rail band with
+    # macOS Vision, and pyobjc holds the GIL for the duration), so in live mode it
+    # must not run often. Measured: at 15 frames / 2 bands a walking session
+    # dropped to ~1.5 results/s; 30 frames / 1 band keeps detection real-time
+    # while tags still settle within a second or two.
+    pass_interval_frames: int = 30
+    max_bands_per_pass: int = 1
     settle_observations: int = SETTLE_OBSERVATIONS
     settle_passes: int = SETTLE_PASSES
     min_band_width_ratio: float = 0.10