Maybe the Bar in the office wasn't resetting between runs or something, because I had a few runs where I'd barely start squeaking it and immediately die. Biggest issue with the Camera wasn't necessarily that it was slow, since as you said, you don't need to move it most of the time, but the player doesn't know where they need to check early on, so they have to check thoroughly, which is just not feasible.
Thanks for the reply though, it does help understand a few things better, even if I started to figure them out, and may help other people looking for answers.