It seems crazy but from everything I've read, the 2005 cuddeback cameras are still one of the best trail cameras ever made. While the other manufacturers have been improving their cameras, it really seems that cuddeback took the opposite appoach and their cameras went down in quality.
You are right on the money with that one, my camera that I got in 2005 (older model) is the best cuddeback ive owned, I went through 6 or 7 of the newer ones in the last year and a half and finally gave up on them and got a moultrie I40.