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ORIGINAL: Matt / PA
Hey RJ,
I picked up the same camera.......should have grabbed 10 of them for $69 huh? (Bass Pro was substituting the D-40 for a lower priced camera that they sold out of rather than giving rain checks[:-])
anyway, I have one in the box yet and it's my first camera so if you have any tips on using that particular one I'm all ears.
I heard great things about them and when i saw the deal I picked one up.........now I'm kicking myself for not getting a bunch and using them for gifts etc.
Sorry for the hi-jack.
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If you see that deal again, honestly find a way to get ahold of me and I will without a doubt buy 4 from you. I'm not even kidding..........dead serious, that's an outstanding deal.
Biggest piece of advice is setting it up to get good pictures on trails. Keep in mind that after 2minutes of no activity, the D-40's go into a sleep mode that takes 2-3 seconds to wake up from and trigger a pic. This is done to preserve battery life. There is a direct correlation between trigger speed and battery life on most reasonably priced cameras, the D40 has a good balance between the two. Once they wake up though, trigger speed is outstanding and they will take pics with 1 second trigger timeboth with and without the flash.They are competitive in trigger speed with anything out there under $350 or so. Battery life is acceptable too, mine with roughly 200ish pics and 3 weeks in the woods had 65% battery life last weekend.
Because they don't always have the 1 second trigger speed (at least not in sleep mode) like some of the high priced cameras.......if you are not setting up on a destination spot (corn pile, scrape, mock scrape) where they will be there for more than just cruising through, you will need to setup the camera quartering towards where you expect the deer to come from. This is the best way to get good pics with a slower trigger speed camera.If you can, always face the camera north in direction, this will prevent sun washout in the pics....I've had entire memory cards full of pics that were all washed out with sun glare because I faced the camera south.
Below is a pic that I setup ona stream crossingfunnel on my property, you can see I quartered it towards where the deer come from, facing north, and it worked perfectly. I think I only got like 3x pics here with no deer in the pic out of 20+ pics which is VERY good for a camera of this type of trigger speed.
Get yourself 2x memory cards per camera and label the camera, and cards accordingly. This way you can pull the card, put in a fresh one, and then head back to see what you got. If you have multiple cameras, keep track of what cards go with what camera. For example I started a naming scheme on my cameras because I plan to have 4 on my property by next year. My first camera is labeled Miller1, with 2x cards physically labeled Miller1 - 1, and Miller1 - 2. That way when I am in the field fumbling with things, I don't accidentaly put the same card back in with my pics by accident and end up going home to find I brought back the empty one.
If you don't have a laptop, go on ebay and buy an old Win 95 or 98 laptop that is stable and has paint installed on it for around $50, and get yourself a $15 USB memory card reader as wellThen you can see your pics while in the field, or at least without having to go home. Just leave the laptop in the vehicle or camp........etc.
Hope this helps!!
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