Trail Cam Features

[scoutm]

I've been looking at getting a trail cam and my research suggests the most important features are a quality and quick trigger, a flash that is powerful enough and range to take good pictures at night & at distance and good battery life. What I haven't seen is how important is it to have a built-in viewer?

 

Do most of you that have cameras out have cameras with built in viewers?

 

Do you simply trade out flash-cards and view pictures at home?

 

Any help is appreciated.

[DesertBull]

Don't waste your money on a built in viewer. You are going to change out the memory cards when check your cams so you can view the pics at home. You can't see crap on a 2" view screen anyway.

[105Coues]

I agree!!

[Huntn coues]

I had the oppurtinity to see someone use a viewer this weekend. I can see where they can be pretty handy.

If you have a few cameras that are way off the beaten path and are not sure that you want to leave the camera there

or move it then all you need to do is put the little disc in the viewer take a peep and decide if whats on the viewer is what you are looking for.

 

Now if you got cameras out close to home or should I say easy access to then the viewer probably is not for you. IMO

[DesertBull]

I had the oppurtinity to see someone use a viewer this weekend. I can see where they can be pretty handy.

If you have a few cameras that are way off the beaten path and are not sure that you want to leave the camera there

or move it then all you need to do is put the little disc in the viewer take a peep and decide if whats on the viewer is what you are looking for.

 

Now if you got cameras out close to home or should I say easy access to then the viewer probably is not for you. IMO

 

 

That makes sense.

 

I just take my video cam or my small digital with me and pop the card in to see if there were any pics taken.

[Huntn coues]

I had the oppurtinity to see someone use a viewer this weekend. I can see where they can be pretty handy.

If you have a few cameras that are way off the beaten path and are not sure that you want to leave the camera there

or move it then all you need to do is put the little disc in the viewer take a peep and decide if whats on the viewer is what you are looking for.

 

Now if you got cameras out close to home or should I say easy access to then the viewer probably is not for you. IMO

 

 

That makes sense.

 

I just take my video cam or my small digital with me and pop the card in to see if there were any pics taken.

 

 

The viewer I was able to see being used was from cabela's. About 150.00. Is there anything cheaper out there that you can do the same thing with? Never thought about using a camera. Do all digital camera's accept the sd dics?

[scoutm]

Thanks for all the feedback...

 

I was thinking you could use a camera to view the cards but I couldn't tell if the camera I have and the SD card used by the trail cam are compatible.

[Coues 'n' Sheep]

Thanks for all the feedback...

 

I was thinking you could use a camera to view the cards but I couldn't tell if the camera I have and the SD card used by the trail cam are compatible.

 

 

SD cards are compatible from one camera to the next.... if they use an SD card... I love the little veiwer I bought cuz I can view the pics on TV, on the Computer, or in the field.... it is a blast! Good luck.

[bowsniper]

You should have no problem using a digital camera as a viewer as long as it accepts the same memory card. I have done this. A trail cam without a viewer is cheaper and less painful to have someone steal.

 

Mark

[scoutm]

I just spoke to a moultrie rep and they said they are about to release a $54.00 pocket viewer that will work with all their cameras. They cautioned about using a digital camera as a viewer as some of them will format the cards to the digital camera resulting in the trail cam locking up. Most of the issues they've seen are with Kodak digital cameras.

[Huntn coues]

I was just told that the phone I have will accept the sd cards. (treo)

 

Anybody know if this is true??

[mattys281]

Thanks for all the feedback...

 

I was thinking you could use a camera to view the cards but I couldn't tell if the camera I have and the SD card used by the trail cam are compatible.

 

 

SD cards are compatible from one camera to the next.... if they use an SD card... I love the little veiwer I bought cuz I can view the pics on TV, on the Computer, or in the field.... it is a blast! Good luck.

 

 

This isn't true of all cameras. I've got a Kodak Easyshare & it won't read the card unless it's formatted for the camera & formatting the card wipes out all the pics. Learned that one the hard way.

[DesertBull]

Thanks for all the feedback...

 

I was thinking you could use a camera to view the cards but I couldn't tell if the camera I have and the SD card used by the trail cam are compatible.

 

 

SD cards are compatible from one camera to the next.... if they use an SD card... I love the little veiwer I bought cuz I can view the pics on TV, on the Computer, or in the field.... it is a blast! Good luck.

 

 

This isn't true of all cameras. I've got a Kodak Easyshare & it won't read the card unless it's formatted for the camera & formatting the card wipes out all the pics. Learned that one the hard way.

 

 

HAHA! You probably had a bunch of big bucks, bulls, a couple of bears, a 1/2 doz Jaguars, Cathrine Zeta Jones and Jessica Alba skinny dipping and pack of wolves on the card too.

[Huntn coues]

Yep it does work on my treo phone. I also noticed that on the side of the sd disk there is a yellow button that you can slide to the down position and that will make it a read only and you can not erase is by accident

[mattys281]

Thanks for all the feedback...

 

I was thinking you could use a camera to view the cards but I couldn't tell if the camera I have and the SD card used by the trail cam are compatible.

 

 

SD cards are compatible from one camera to the next.... if they use an SD card... I love the little veiwer I bought cuz I can view the pics on TV, on the Computer, or in the field.... it is a blast! Good luck.

 

 

This isn't true of all cameras. I've got a Kodak Easyshare & it won't read the card unless it's formatted for the camera & formatting the card wipes out all the pics. Learned that one the hard way.

 

 

HAHA! You probably had a bunch of big bucks, bulls, a couple of bears, a 1/2 doz Jaguars, Cathrine Zeta Jones and Jessica Alba skinny dipping and pack of wolves on the card too.

 

 

Yeah, that was the camera I had stashed in the locker room over at Christie's.