Trail Cam Tekki Help, Please?

[Ken's Deputy 4,460]

Bugger. Didn't realise that. I gave him the " @ " thing. Probably right though ~ I'll drop him a PM. Just getting settled for the evening now. And I'll wait till I have the results of tonights effort

[Ken's Deputy 4,460]

1 hour ago, Nicepix said:

He doesn't visit this section KD. You could PM him though. 

Smoke signal sent

Thing is; Shall I fetch that cam in yet? Been out a couple of hours. They've probably licked the ground clean by now ...

[Nicepix 5,650]

25 minutes ago, Ken's Deputy said:

Smoke signal sent

Thing is; Shall I fetch that cam in yet? Been out a couple of hours. They've probably licked the ground clean by now ...

Why don't you go for a cctv type live cam? You can watch the live action from your armchair.

[Ken's Deputy 4,460]

13 minutes ago, Nicepix said:

Why don't you go for a cctv type live cam?

Because, the last time I tried that? It cost me 100 times as much for worse results than this:

 

 

Now; For £35.00 cam? That's not even too fukking shoddy, in my opinion. First ever try out.

Like, okay; I'd like to try it closer to target ~ though I then wonder how they might react to the flash? But, I mean, knowing they're foxes and not expecting, or looking for, anything else? Yeah. I've caught shots of foxes.

Film? Three ten second bursts of complete blackness. No idea. Throw in the fact that the cam to pc lead doesn't work either? Looking a pretty low score out of five, in honesty.

Day time? Remains to be seen. Buried in a hedge, snapping number plates? Earn itself a star, just for that. I'm trying to think of some possible use around a bird feeder.

I think, tomorrow, I'll set it out in day. See what it does. Then, I'll put it much closer to the fox food at night.

Bottom line, thus far? If I'd bought it as a trail cam? I'd probably have flown into a psychopathic rage, by now, and put it up against the wall.

As it is? I bought it as a cheap, chink piece of shit. To have fun with, trying it out for myself. It's keeping me amused, look.

Other one, I'm waiting for, is the one Comanche reckons is the best of his three. I paid £17.00  Christ! At That price, I won't know whether to put it against the wall or On it! Keep it as a memento!

Suffice it to say; Regardless of how either of these two work out? I'm Still every bit as much looking forward to grabbing a Third cheapy I have my eye on.

Maybe @Greyman would like to tell us more about his own cams? He's handled quite a range, I understand?

What say who to a dedicated Trail Cam board??? We could even have stuck threads for each model. Could soon grow into a very useful resource

[comanche 3,076]

On 03/12/2021 at 18:11, Nicepix said:

He doesn't visit this section KD. You could PM him though. 

I got very confused  . Trail cam talk bouncing from Pest Control to General section and through my inbox ( Trail cam in your Inbox- very Carry On)  .

Concerning Ken's conundrums centering upon camera commissioning , card compatibility and cable connections l can't  really give technical advice. 

I think l just whacked batteries and card into my el cheapo Chinese camera, turned it on and waved at it a few times  . As the cheapy cam  has no playback screen l just popped the card into the PC and pressed things until l could see pictures of a monkey .

Not sure l've ever set the calender on it  . Not even sure if it even takes videos but when l've used it " In the Field" the still pictures aren't bad .

Not helpful really.

I'm actually going to set the Little Acorn up in a customer's  loft this afternoon .

Edited December 9, 2021 by comanche

[mackem 27,572]

On 03/12/2021 at 15:36, Nicepix said:

Why don't you go for a cctv type live cam? You can watch the live action from your armchair.

I used to have some CCTV types £250 each, always sent motion detected footage to my phone, invaluable to know who, when, and where (each cam was named).Cost 20 or 30 quid a month to top up the SIM on each camera. 

[Ken's Deputy 4,460]

I've 'shot' a Hyena!!! 'Big Cats UK' eat your hearts out!!!

[Nicepix 5,650]

2 hours ago, comanche said:

I got very confused  . Trail cam talk bouncing from Pest Control to General section and through my inbox ( Trail cam in your Inbox- very Carry On)  .

Concerning Ken's conundrums centering upon camera commissioning , card compatibility and cable connections l can't  really give technical advice. 

I think l just whacked batteries and card into my el cheapo Chinese camera, turned it on and waved at it a few times  . As the cheapy cam  has no playback screen l just popped the card into the PC and pressed things until l could see pictures of a monkey .

Not sure l've ever set the calender on it  . Not even sure if it even takes videos but when l've used it " In the Field" the still pictures aren't bad .

Not helpful really.

I'm actually going to set the Little Acorn up in a customer's  loft this afternoon .

When you see some of the subjects he has asked about lately you got off very lightly.  

[comanche 3,076]

28 minutes ago, Nicepix said:

When you see some of the subjects he has asked about lately you got off very lightly.  

An active and inquiring mind  . Never frightened to go beyond the norm when mining for gems   That's  Ken.

[Ken's Deputy 4,460]

47 minutes ago, Nicepix said:

When you see some of the subjects he has asked about lately you got off very lightly.  

Remind us.

[mackem 27,572]

On 03/12/2021 at 16:24, Ken's Deputy said:

Because, the last time I tried that? It cost me 100 times as much for worse results than this:

 

 

Now; For £35.00 cam? That's not even too fukking shoddy, in my opinion. First ever try out.

Like, okay; I'd like to try it closer to target ~ though I then wonder how they might react to the flash? But, I mean, knowing they're foxes and not expecting, or looking for, anything else? Yeah. I've caught shots of foxes.

Film? Three ten second bursts of complete blackness. No idea. Throw in the fact that the cam to pc lead doesn't work either? Looking a pretty low score out of five, in honesty.

Day time? Remains to be seen. Buried in a hedge, snapping number plates? Earn itself a star, just for that. I'm trying to think of some possible use around a bird feeder.

I think, tomorrow, I'll set it out in day. See what it does. Then, I'll put it much closer to the fox food at night.

Bottom line, thus far? If I'd bought it as a trail cam? I'd probably have flown into a psychopathic rage, by now, and put it up against the wall.

As it is? I bought it as a cheap, chink piece of shit. To have fun with, trying it out for myself. It's keeping me amused, look.

Other one, I'm waiting for, is the one Comanche reckons is the best of his three. I paid £17.00  Christ! At That price, I won't know whether to put it against the wall or On it! Keep it as a memento!

Suffice it to say; Regardless of .

@Greyman

Can't remember how much I paid, but I got a box of trailcams from China years ago, very cheap back then, and the performance was great. 

[dytkos 17,820]

7 hours ago, comanche said:

An active and inquiring mind  . Never frightened to go beyond the norm when mining for gems   That's  Ken.

And why not?  Knowledge is Power, so they say?

Cheers, D.