As for my personal recommendation on a camera you can buy today, I would say you can't go wrong with a Digital CamTrakker. I just got mine a few weeks ago and I've been playing with it at home and really, really like it. Easy to use, quick trigger speed, and takes great photos. And I can take the 6.0 MP Sony camera out and use it for other things when I don't have my trail cam in the woods.

I bought a Cuddeback Excite 2.0 MP camera last year and from day 1 it's never worked. In fact, it never even made it into the field last fall. It's a $200 paperweight on my desk at home.

I also have an el-cheapo Moultrie 1.3 that sucks down batteries like they're going out of style. For the next-to-nothing price I can't complain too much. It took a lot more photos last year than my Cuddeback did.....