diff -Naur Projects/kstars/kstars/kstars.kcfg Projects/kstars/kstars/kstars.kcfg
--- Projects/kstars/kstars/kstars.kcfg	2024-01-07 17:15:25.302156000 +0100
+++ Projects/kstars/kstars/kstars.kcfg	2024-01-07 17:09:53.385560774 +0100
@@ -2849,6 +2849,10 @@
          <label>Always Reset guiding calibration before starting each job.</label>
          <default>true</default>
       </entry>
+      <entry name="extraPause" type="Bool">
+         <label>Pause in first capture.</label>
+          <default>false</default>
+       </entry>
       <entry name="ForceAlignmentBeforeJob" type="Bool">
          <label>Force alignment before starting or restarting each job.</label>
          <default>false</default>
diff -Naur Projects/kstars/kstars/ekos/opsekos.ui Projects/kstars/kstars/ekos/opsekos.ui
--- Projects/kstars/kstars/ekos/opsekos.ui	2024-01-07 08:25:24.881146000 +0100
+++ Projects/kstars/kstars/ekos/opsekos.ui	2024-01-07 16:51:31.487662296 +0100
@@ -991,6 +991,36 @@
     </item>
    </layout>
   </widget>
+  <widget class="QWidget" name="extratab">
+   <attribute name="title">
+    <string>Extra</string>
+   </attribute>
+   <widget class="QCheckBox" name="kcfg_extraPause">
+    <property name="enabled">
+     <bool>true</bool>
+    </property>
+    <property name="geometry">
+     <rect>
+      <x>10</x>
+      <y>10</y>
+      <width>461</width>
+      <height>22</height>
+     </rect>
+    </property>
+    <property name="toolTip">
+     <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's fine to add delay to the first capture in the scheduler. But it cannot be used in standard acquisition because it sets a double delay from the second shot onwards.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+    </property>
+    <property name="statusTip">
+     <string/>
+    </property>
+    <property name="text">
+     <string>Pause in first Capture.</string>
+    </property>
+    <property name="checked">
+     <bool>false</bool>
+    </property>
+   </widget>
+  </widget>
  </widget>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
diff -Naur Projects/kstars/kstars/ekos/capture/captureprocess.cpp Projects/kstars/kstars/ekos/capture/captureprocess.cpp
--- Projects/kstars/kstars/ekos/capture/captureprocess.cpp	2024-01-09 09:48:58.987104000 +0100
+++ Projects/kstars/kstars/ekos/capture/captureprocess.cpp	2024-01-09 09:55:04.327599378 +0100
@@ -1414,7 +1414,21 @@
     // now hand over the control of capturing to the sequence job. As soon as capturing
     // has started, the sequence job will report the result with the captureStarted() event
     // that will trigger Capture::captureStarted()
-    activeJob()->startCapturing(state()->getRefocusState()->isAutoFocusReady(),
+    // [pcxz]
+	// It's fine to add delay to the first capture in the scheduler.
+	// but it cannot be used in standard acquisition because it sets a double delay from the second shot onwards.
+    const int seqDelay = activeJob()->getCoreProperty(SequenceJob::SJ_Delay).toInt();
+	if (Options::extraPause() && seqDelay > 0)
+	{
+		state()->setCaptureState(CAPTURE_WAITING);
+        QTimer::singleShot(seqDelay, this, [this]()
+            {
+                activeJob()->startCapturing(state()->getRefocusState()->isAutoFocusReady(),
+                                            FITS_NORMAL);
+            });
+	}
+	else
+	    activeJob()->startCapturing(state()->getRefocusState()->isAutoFocusReady(),
                                 activeJob()->getCalibrationStage() == SequenceJobState::CAL_CALIBRATION ? FITS_CALIBRATE :
                                 FITS_NORMAL);