We bought a Campark Wildlife Trail Camera 14mp 1080P camera a while ago. We have never been able to get it to work properly. It will take videos when the grass blows and we see our food dishes full of food, then ian the next shot the food is gone and not of sign of what has eaten it. It's driving us mad. Has anyone any experience of this camera or of the problems we are having. Any help would be appreciated
They often don't, or not perfectly anyway! At night, they use a passive infra-red sensor which detects the movement of things which emit heat, such as the bodies of animals. However, if you have a wall which has been warmed during the day and a branch sways across it in the wind.. Bingo, a moving infra-red source detected and a photo is taken.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Thanks. Do people usually use rechargable batteries? I notice some products say they are not compatible with rechargables. I can't imagine punters buying eight batteries every few days.... Also, I'd love to catch images of insects with a trail cam - set up in front of bee nesting boxes. Do you think, at close range, a cam would manage this?
My camera also says not to use rechargeable batteries. But we always used them anyway. Never had problems. We bought the cameras for filming the squirrels in the garden. The camera works well. Ideally the camera has large field of view, because the area where stuff happens is large, AND high resolution, because many things are small.
Even with 5Mpix or 20Mpix, which is the highest resolution normally available, is far from optimum. Higher resolution than 20Mpix I don't think they exist. Of course they could be manufactured, but for higher price so people would not buy them, so they don't make them...
I agree about movement. The camera cannot distinguish between moving animals or anything else.
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We bought the cameras for filming the squirrels in the garden. The camera works well.
Ideally the camera has large field of view, because the area where stuff happens is large, AND high resolution, because many things are small.
Even with 5Mpix or 20Mpix, which is the highest resolution normally available, is far from optimum.
Higher resolution than 20Mpix I don't think they exist. Of course they could be manufactured, but for higher price so people would not buy them, so they don't make them...
I agree about movement. The camera cannot distinguish between moving animals or anything else.