beebusy, thats not exactly an accurate way to test them. Not all the cams without the firmware upgrade had the slow response between pictures. My first scoutguard took three shots in a total of 3-4 seconds regularly. It displayed none of the problems other than alot of whiteouts. Now that the firmware update has been completed in this camera, I get 3 shots in around 5 seconds regularly and way less whiteouts. My three shot mode actually slowed slightly, but whiteouts were reduced significantly. Everything else seems to have remained about the same.