Ok well I went to the woods and checked out camera, and yes it does still work in color mode, in direct sunlight ;-( that really stinks that it has to be in direct sunlight to take color pictures, is there any way to shut off the IR? it took me problably 45 mins to find one tree that had sunlight on it to attact to ;-( now I have to move freeder and everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!