Windows 10 Mobile Camera fixes Rich Capture issues for the Lumia 830 and 1520

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Admittedly something of a niche bug fix to highlight, but this had been bugging me and others for ages - anyone with a Lumia 830 or 1520 and Windows 10 Mobile Insiders Preview had a Rich Capture icon which didn't correctly represent the feature's state when the Camera app was started. As of an update pushed through the Store this evening, Camera now shows this icon - and feature - properly. Don't cheer too loudly though - stereo audio capture in video recordings is still broken. Ahem. Come on, Microsoft....

Rich Capture OFF

This is the interface BEFORE tapping on the Rich Capture icon, which correctly shows that the function is off/disabled...

Rich Capture ON

This is the interface AFTER tapping on the Rich Capture icon, which now represents the right state...

Comments welcome if you also had one of these devices on the Insiders Preview programme - had this been annoying you too? I'm assuming that, since this is fixed on the Lumia 830, it's also fixed on the sister device, the 735, but it would be good to get confirmation of this from others. See the comments below for notes on the Lumia 735, by the way.

There are probably a few bug fixes in this new version of Camera too - I'm investigating the improvements on a Lumia 950 and will report back in due course. Early suggestions are that performance in terms of saving burst photos and focussing speed has been improved.

PS. See also our news story here on Rich Capture improvements coming for the Lumia 950/XL.