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I have a Stealth Cam G42, a Moltrie Wingscapes and a Bushnell. All bought for around $100 on sale or used. Image and video quality is just about OK but they see
by maxxxxx 8y ago
I have a Stealth Cam G42, a Moltrie Wingscapes and a Bushnell. All bought for around $100 on sale or used. Image and video quality is just about OK but they seem to work at night and hold up to weather. You can recognize the animal and see what it's doing but that's about it. Definitely far away from what you could achieve with a DSLR or mirrorless camera. But if something goes wrong like stolen camera (or fire!) the loss is not too painful. There also cameras with data connections but that gets pretty expensive quickly too.
The biggest problem is grass or branches in the field of view that move in the wind. I have had the camera fill the card in windy weather in one or two days because a little branch moved all the time. Now I spend a lot of time finding spots where nothing can move.
- Symbiote 8y agoI bought a Spypoint Force 11D for a relative. I haven't used it myself, but I've been pleased with the shots I've seen from it [1]. It's nice to share the observations you make onto iNaturalist, they can then get used in scientific research. In fact, observations tagged "trail camera" are probably the best source of example images from the various cameras: [2] [1] Example: https://imgur.com/a/xon9M19 https://imgur.com/a/xon9M19 [2] https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&q=%22trail%20camera%22&subview=grid https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&q=%22t...
- maxxxxx 8y agoThis looks about similar quality to what I tend to get with mine. Good enough to have fun but probably not award winning :-)
- Steel_Phoenix 8y agoI've tried a few, and I've found the ones with the three motion sensors haven't been giving me so many false positives in the wind. They supposedly wake up when something triggers a side sensor, and then snap the picture if it then triggers the middle one.