ORIGINAL: St.Barnard
Have had the Moultrie Gamespy 200 out for a little over a wk. so far.
Mine is the 3.1MP , and got it at Bass Pro for $167. It came with puny little bungee cords, that besides being on the lightweight side, were to short to go around anything bigger than about a 6-8" tree. I used small ropes, but did have to finesse the door shut with the knots sort fo getting in the way. Is taking good pics so far, albeit only does [:@]
Ebay sellers have the GS 200 (the 3.1 mp) with moultrie battery/charger/solar charger for $168. Total $177 with shipping. I usually buy from that group (bigbearoutdoors is the seller I believe).
Also, please understand that this camera is A TERRIBLE TRAIL CAMERA. It really is designed with a feeder in mind. If you must use it for trails, aim the camera as far down-trail as humanly possible. This camera has the "sureshot" feature, which is a battery-saving design, and to ensure the animals are in the pic.
Essentially, the camera goes to sleep after activation by the user. Once an animal comes in range it wakes up the camfor two minutes or so. Then, and only then if the sensor still picks up an animal, will the camera take a picture. In theory, if two deer are walking down a trail, the first will light up the camera's sensor, walk out of pic area, and the second will be triggered. Sometimes you may get the rear of one animal in the front, and the front end of a trailing animal.
This camera is terrible for finding bucks who may be solo on a trail. If they are even walking at a very slow pace, the camera will not take it's picture. The buck will "wake up" the camera and trigger the sensor, but by the time it moves forward and the camera "senses" again to take a pic, the buck will already be gone, therefore the camera does not take a pic.
This can be verified by human test if you so desire. It is possible to have 100 solo deer walk past the camera on a trail, and only get a handful on memory. Keep in mind this is not so-called "trigger speed", it is an all-together different function of the camera, where it has to sense an image twice before taking the picture.
If you want a straight up TRAIL digital camera, go with the Stealth wd2 or wd3, or the bushnell 119200 (which on a price comparison is great at $119 shipped at opticsplanet).
The bushnell (make sure model 119200) has a 1/4-1/2 sec trigger time. The flash is not as strong, and the fixed timeout is at 30 seconds (other units are programmable)...however it takes good pics, and is the straight up winner for a trail-specific game camera...good pics, decent battery life, and great trigger speed to ensure you get the animal on memory. It is not great for a feeder, due to the 30 sec fixed timeout (you'd fill a memory card up very fast with pics every 30 seconds as opposed to being able to program a longer timeout like the stealth or moultrie units).
I do not believe the watchers have this feature, and older spy's as well.