Sorry, but I respectfully -- and completely -- disagree. I just took seven photos in a row as fast as the camera would shoot them before “Saving” popped up. Curiously, the shutter sound didn’t work for three of them since something ALWAYS goes wrong with my 950. After a timed 12 seconds of waiting the “Saving” text went away and I was able to take two more photos before “Saving” returned for 15 seconds. After that annoyingly long wait I was allowed to snap an additional three pictures, which was followed by – and I’m not lying here – a TWO-AND-A-HALF-MINUTE delay courtesy of the “Saving” text. This performance is somehow acceptable? iOS exhibits none of this BS. Unless my 950 is a complete piece of junk and totally not representative of the device or W10M, I don't understand why more people aren't as irritated as I am...
Well, I just told you what my experience was. So, clearly there is something going on that separates our experiences. Just because you have one experience doesn't mean that it's representative of all users, and that's why "more people aren't as irritated" as you are. And just to be clear; if I had the same experience as you do I would be super-annoyed as well.
So, I'm actually not just being a contrarian and wanting you not to say what you say, I'm actually also trying to figure out just what the problem is and see if there's a solution. So let's go back to your device and comparing it to mine and see what we can come up with....
All photos are saved locally to the phone and backed up on OneDrive; I’ve never put an SD card in it.
Very valuable information. So to try to find the problem I switched from the SD card to internal memory, and this is what I experienced:
1. Taking pictures was pretty much as fast as before
2. Pictures did NOT show up immediately when switching to the photos app. When they did the phone gave a message that I partially missed because I was looking away, but it said something about creating new photo set or album or whatever.
So, right away we can see that something is up, right? Perhaps your issues are related to the speed of the internal memory, and/or how much is used and/or how fragmented it has become (if that's an issue on this technology.
Also, I'm running whatever production software build and firmware combo AT&T has allowed.
Ok, so again, in order to help each other, let's make sure we know which ones we're on (Settings - System - About (-more info)) . I'm on:
10.0.14393.576
As for my camera settings, they are as follows:
Press and Hold Camera Button: Disabled
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Framing Grid: Rule of thirds
Image Size for Main Camera: JPEG (16 MP)
Focus Light: Auto
Time Lapse: Off
Capture Living Images: Off
Video Recording: 3840x2160p/30 fps
Digital Video Stabilization: Auto
Great. So another difference is that you're saving 16:9 photos whereas I'm currently saving 4:3. Thus, I have changed to 16:9 to further test your procedure (still using built-in memory, not SD).....:
- Pictures still were taken quickly
- This time they appeared immediately in the photos app!
So, that was obviously curious.
Also, anytime I zoom in on a photo without waiting at least five seconds the image will get stuck and I won't be able to move the zoomed image around. This happens every time with any picture. The photos app will only allow me to swipe to the next or previous images, which is beyond annoying when no other phone I've ever owned has exhibited this behavior.
Still not seeing the above.
So, perhaps check the OS version, and then let's figure out if there are any other issues. For example, I'm
not having many apps open in the background. We're talking Edge, Outlook Mail, Settings, Messaging and maybe a couple more. Nothing 'heavy' running in the background. I also don't have a large amount of apps installed. So let's compare Settings - Storage:
"This Device 7.96 GB used out of 29.1 GB"
As mentioned earlier, until I switched back today all data saves to SD card except for installed new apps.
Thanks for being patient with my crappy mood (too little coffee....) and trying to solve it. I'm obviously invested in this phone, in the eco system etc, and I'd love it the better it works for everyone. I really hope your phone isn't a bad device and that we instead can maybe figure out a solution....