trail cam ?

9er 12/12/06 7:58pm

ok, ive been reading all the posts about trail cams and im thinking of buying me a christmas present and was wondering if you guys could point me in the right direction. also, if you have pics taken with your camera, post them so we can compare.

thanks
9er

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BUNNY SLAYER

12/14/06 3:02pm

get the cheapest digital that is atleast 2.0 mp and can take a SD card

Cvrn

12/21/06 11:41am

It all depends on your set-up.
Are you setting up on a food plot or waterhole, or game trail?
If you are on a WH or food plot any cheap Digi will work because trigger speed will really not be a issue.
If you are on a game trail any cheap Digi will not work. You wilol need something with a faster trigger speed like a Cudde.

I would not buy anything but a homebuilt camera from someone who builds them. I have looked at the SwampGhost and Pixcontroller, that is what I will get next year.

MuleyMadness

12/21/06 12:56pm

I've built several from Pixcontroller, very happy with them.

Brett

9er

12/23/06 3:20pm

brett, what would you charge a guy to build a cam?

9er

MuleyMadness

12/23/06 4:33pm

9er,

This is my favorite one I've built....more expensive than the others but better. Used on ebay the camera costs about 140.00 bucks or so? see link...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-DSC-P41-Digital-Still-Camera_W0QQitemZ260067931884QQihZ016QQcategoryZ30017QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

The control board plus parts is probably around 50-60 bucks.

Case for the camera is probably 15.00

So your're looking at probably over 200.00 bucks for parts. It takes some time to build/put them together. Took me basically a full day on my first one, a little quicker on my next couple. But it's kinda slow, but fun of course. :)

Hope this helps.

I can get a pic of the the finished product and some pics off the camera itself if interested. It's a really nice setup.