Spypoint Trail Camera New Features Update
Spypoint Trail Camera New Features Update
Trail Cameras have become very popular for both gamekeepers and hunters as well as nature lovers.
A trail camera allows you to capture video or still images on who or what is lurking around at night.
Images at night are captured using the built in Infra Red device which is completely invisible to animals or humans, so the object in the picture is completely oblivious to the camera.
We are often asked how many images a Spypoint camera can take, and of course that depends on the model of camera as the resolution of different models determines file size.
Until now the largest capacity card you could use is a 8Gb card, but now Spypoint cameras can take a 16gb card.
Here is some info on card capacity for up to 8Gb, and yep you guessed it with a 16Gb the image capacity is doubled over the 8Gb, meaning you can now take almost 10,000 images with an 8 Megapixel Spypoint camera.
We are often asked "Whats the range of a Spypoint Trail Camera" and how far away will it photograph subjects.
From experience of using these devices from various manufacturers we have found that Spypoint offer the best performance.
Some trail cameras are very "laggy" and by the time the camera has detected movement and taken a shot, the animal has left the zone, resulting in a nice landscape picture with no wildlife content, or at best the tail end of a roe deer as it skips out of shot.
With a fast response time its easier to capture wildlife entering and exiting the capture zone, and a series of images of the animal can easily be captured.
For example, this pigeon landing on a roof triggers a series of shots:
Cameras sensitivity/detection range can be preset by the user by adjusting the detection sensitivity from 5 to 45ft.
Some cameras suffer from not being able to detect small animals, such as rats, squirrels etc, but the Spypoint range has no problems capturing smaller objects.
By carefully positioning our camera we have been able to increase the range it captures small animals significantly further than claimed.
The image at the bottom of this page shows a small pigeon (circled in red) a long way from the camera, which triggered a series of shots showing how sensitive the cameras detection system is.
If you could imagine a roe deer walking towards the camera from a wood, you would see a good series of shots and given the quality of the image examples, capturing high quality wildlife shots is simple and easy.
At night some IR cameras white out the subject, we will be writing a guide to obtaining the best quality images at night also as correct set up plays a big part in getting the right exposure for background and main subject.
We will be updating our Trail Camera page with new shots taken with the most recent IR/C camera over the next few weeks as well as a Guide to taking images at night with trail cameras.
Visit our website for more info on Trail Cameras
Also see our User Set Up Guide for more info on obtaining perfect shots.
