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hi
my girlfriend bought me one as an early christmas present .as we have just been over to Shetland
it was this one
http://www.bushnell.com/all-products/trail-cameras/trophy-cam/trophy-cam
we sent it back as soon as we came home last week,
reason , it didnt pick anything up in over a week. well it picked me up when i was putting cameras out and bringing it in.
now i know that wildlife does not always turn up when you want it too. however we had seals in front of cottage. and the occasional otter.
so maybe i was unlucky. but i was not over impressed with the video clips that it took of me.
my next door neighbour has one that they rent from collage and they have it in the garden to pick up the hedgehogs. and they like it. but its a spy point and not bushnell
i rang a company the other day who specialise in these cameras , and he told me to go for a spy point i think he mentioned the hd 10 model
the one i had was not hd, but bushnell also do a good range of hd models
this is the site i got some info off. and they have some sample videos from various cams
also they are very helpfull on the phone
http://www.scottcountry.co.uk/spypo...guide-to-wildlife-and-trail-cameras-n1008.htm
i will get another , but going to research first
my girlfriend bought me one as an early christmas present .as we have just been over to Shetland
it was this one
http://www.bushnell.com/all-products/trail-cameras/trophy-cam/trophy-cam
we sent it back as soon as we came home last week,
reason , it didnt pick anything up in over a week. well it picked me up when i was putting cameras out and bringing it in.
now i know that wildlife does not always turn up when you want it too. however we had seals in front of cottage. and the occasional otter.
so maybe i was unlucky. but i was not over impressed with the video clips that it took of me.
my next door neighbour has one that they rent from collage and they have it in the garden to pick up the hedgehogs. and they like it. but its a spy point and not bushnell
i rang a company the other day who specialise in these cameras , and he told me to go for a spy point i think he mentioned the hd 10 model
the one i had was not hd, but bushnell also do a good range of hd models
this is the site i got some info off. and they have some sample videos from various cams
also they are very helpfull on the phone
http://www.scottcountry.co.uk/spypo...guide-to-wildlife-and-trail-cameras-n1008.htm
i will get another , but going to research first
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We use a Bushnell trail camera mainly for watching the activities of pine martens and badgers.
The definition isn't great but fine if you just want to confirm what is about and when.
It has a few drawbacks, eg
I think the claim that a set of batteries can last a year is way too optimistic.
There is a short delay between when the sensor detects motion and the camera switching on. This can sometimes result in the video being empty if a fast moving animal moves into and out of view quickly.
But these are minor and the detector is sensitive enough to be triggered by a mouse but not by moving leaves.
Here are a couple of stills taken from videos.
Dave
The definition isn't great but fine if you just want to confirm what is about and when.
It has a few drawbacks, eg
I think the claim that a set of batteries can last a year is way too optimistic.
There is a short delay between when the sensor detects motion and the camera switching on. This can sometimes result in the video being empty if a fast moving animal moves into and out of view quickly.
But these are minor and the detector is sensitive enough to be triggered by a mouse but not by moving leaves.
Here are a couple of stills taken from videos.
Dave
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this is the one next door has
hence the 3 lenses to pick up from the sides as well as the front
sadly not hd
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Spypoint-Ti...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1355856564&sr=1-1
hence the 3 lenses to pick up from the sides as well as the front
sadly not hd
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Spypoint-Ti...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1355856564&sr=1-1
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Night Pic quality is pants, but they serve the purpose of letting you know what is dodging about.
I use it hidden in woodland. Bait (I use, peanut butter/ tuna /wet dog food) the area beforehand and put the camera out after there are signs of the bait being eaten. I set it up at last light and recover it first thing next morning.
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Night Pic quality is pants, but they serve the purpose of letting you know what is dodging about.
I use it hidden in woodland. Bait (I use, peanut butter/ tuna /wet dog food) the area beforehand and put the camera out after there are signs of the bait being eaten. I set it up at last light and recover it first thing next morning.
which camera is this
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I have a Bushnell Trophy HD Max keeping an eye on my local Otters. I'm quite pleased with it - have caught rats, polecat/ferrets, starlings and a few random humans (quite amusing - could hear them asking each other what it was
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I've only shot a couple of stills with it, but was pleased with the quality. I had to set the IR illumination to it's lowest setting as I was getting a whiteout on close subjects.
Here's a couple of examples..
Otter grooming... http://youtu.be/NCAjxtWbE44
Otter and 3 cubs... http://youtu.be/QG6PnoGdNGo
And here's a video of the camera being battered by waves and washed away - thankfully I found it the following day!
http://youtu.be/sNyw_bFIRsk
John
)I've only shot a couple of stills with it, but was pleased with the quality. I had to set the IR illumination to it's lowest setting as I was getting a whiteout on close subjects.
Here's a couple of examples..
Otter grooming... http://youtu.be/NCAjxtWbE44
Otter and 3 cubs... http://youtu.be/QG6PnoGdNGo
And here's a video of the camera being battered by waves and washed away - thankfully I found it the following day!
http://youtu.be/sNyw_bFIRsk
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I have a Bushnell HD Trophy Max and have had mixed results with it.
At night in IR mode it is useless. Out of 64 triggers in Kenya last year, 9 were me setting up or taking down the camera, 7 were of the same herd of impala in morning light and the rest were occasions where the camera had been triggered at night but instead of the 30 seconds of video it was set for, it took half a second of black-frame. On one of those occasions the triggering was caused by my camping companion getting up for a pee and deliberately triggering the camera for a laugh - he was most disappointed when his prank antics were not captured!
I've had similar results at night in my garden here.
At night in IR mode it is useless. Out of 64 triggers in Kenya last year, 9 were me setting up or taking down the camera, 7 were of the same herd of impala in morning light and the rest were occasions where the camera had been triggered at night but instead of the 30 seconds of video it was set for, it took half a second of black-frame. On one of those occasions the triggering was caused by my camping companion getting up for a pee and deliberately triggering the camera for a laugh - he was most disappointed when his prank antics were not captured!
I've had similar results at night in my garden here.
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I never really understood getting a pretty poor image from those bushnell type things. Especially when these were available.
http://www.traxwatch.com/TraxwatchOne.aspx
Unfortunately Kevin, who designed,built and owns the company is very ill, unless he finds a buyer for the company,then they are currently unavailable. Worth keeping an eye on though.
http://www.traxwatch.com/TraxwatchOne.aspx
Unfortunately Kevin, who designed,built and owns the company is very ill, unless he finds a buyer for the company,then they are currently unavailable. Worth keeping an eye on though.
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Its horses for courses, Fracster.
I think most people use trail cameras just to see what is about and they are not too bothered about the quality.
However, the equipment in your link looks great and the photos are excellent. If you want the best in this type of photography it looks like Traxwatch is the way to go.
Dave
I think most people use trail cameras just to see what is about and they are not too bothered about the quality.
However, the equipment in your link looks great and the photos are excellent. If you want the best in this type of photography it looks like Traxwatch is the way to go.
Dave