ORIGINAL: WVSPORTSMAN
ORIGINAL: HuntingBry
ORIGINAL: WVSPORTSMAN
The few studys that I have read about ir flash and spooking deer, most concluded the the ir filter switching back and forth was the cause..no the red glow
WVS, it sounds like you've done some homework on this already. When you say the IR filter switching back and forth, what do you mean by that? Is it a sound or a visible change?
I agree with the filtered IR cameras being better. Then again I would hope so for 10X the cost. Do you know what they are using over the IR LEDs? I am guessing a polarizing filter, but until I get one in my hands I won't know for sure.
Thanks for the info.
On some cam's...like my I40's you can see the filter and the noise can be heard....if you have an I40, look into the lense area, that big extra black thing is the filter and it will make noise....some of the new cameras from the three companys I mentioned above is trying to do away with the noise the filter makes...for example alot of cameras filters make noise everytime an ir picture is taken...but the new 60 from reconyx only makes the noise twice per day...once to switch to night modeand once switching back to day mode..I have noticed
www.chasingame.com has made there own tint to put over the red leds...but it does decrease flash range at night. Imho, deer can smell your scent on cams...anyone in bear country knows this, no matter how hard I try covering and keeping scent off my cams, the bears still find them, investigate and destroy if possible...I have several photos of deer smelling my cams in the past.