Why does synch of my iPod touch takes far longer than before iOS 5?

Synching of iPod before introduction of iCloud never took more than a few minutes and during the process iTunes reported how many photos or songs were being added or deleted based on what had changed on the iPhoto and iTunes libraries since the last synch event.
Now the synch process begins with a major "backup" effort and then lengthy processes in which it is not visible if or which photos or songs are being added or deleted.  The process takes up to an hour and I have been forced on more than one occasion to RESTORE the iPod in order to get the synch to work at all.
I carry my entire iPhoto library (about 20'000 photos, excl videos) and iTunes library (7500 songs) on the 64 GB iPod, for which there is plenty of space.  Why is synchronization no longer just the incremental process it originally was and now consumes far too much time?
- Eran

I think it's normal...but you can try to do it again.

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