ORIGINAL: Sedge1
Hey, guys, new to the site. Just a question; I have a Moultrie 1.3 game cam and I have had it for a year. To start with it worked like a dream but it now acts up on me such as telling me that the SD card is locked. When it works it works, on 8/20/2006, in a 24 hours period I recorded 109 photos of deer, so I know that it can work. But all the photos were at night and we observed deer from 3:00 PM until dark and no pictures were taken. I suspect that moisture may be getting into the IR detector and causing issues but I'm not sure. Last night, we again observed deer but no photos, I even walked down to the camera at 9:00 PM to see if it was working and it was, but no flash. I set it for flash on and let it go but I haven't had the chance to check it today and see if it worked. We have experience some heavy downpour around here and I could be getting moisture all in the camera. But has anyone had this problem? Any info would be appreciated.
Does your camera have only an on-off switch for the flash?
The locked SD issue most likely was related to a format problem. How'd you clear the pics just prior to putting that card in? There are two or three different formats, and if you somehow had it in the wrong format, it won't work.
If anything positive can be said about the moultrie's...it's that they take the weather really well. There is a well-documented case of a cam set up next to a creek that flooded this summer, where it was completely submerged by 3-4 feet (already 3 feet off the ground...that's a flood!). The owner couldn't get to it in time, and when he got it after the water receded...it was bone dry, and still worked.
Call in to Moultrie, and speak with Deb, tell her your issue and they'll most likely want you to send it in for repair. Hopefully you'll get an upgrade, or a free battery out of it.