I have 3 Moultrie GameSpy D55-IR. These cameras take excellent pictures and are very sensitive to motion. When set to video, they take a picture first, then the video. A software update is available from Moultrie to reduce the time delay. I do not care for: 1)night video is limited to 10 seconds. Moultrie says extending the time is harder on batteries. 2)The day video has a faded or washed out look as compared to the picture.
3)The field of view in the video is narrower than the field of view in the picture. Moultrie said this is due to how it downloads.
I have 2 SpyPoint IRB cameras. The first two were returned due to video flicker. SpyPoint checked them out and returned two brand new ones of that series. No more problem and excellent service from SpyPoint. These cameras take good pictures and I have night video set for 30 seconds. These cameras have detected moving vehicles (loader, vehicles, gravel trucks) out to 150 yards.
I have 7 of the 2009 model Bushnell Trophy Trail Cameras. These have worked flawlessly, with the exception of: one must keep good batteries in the lower section. Each section is wired in series, then the two sections are wired in parallal. For some reason there is more power draw from the lower section.
I had 10 of the Wild View Ez Cam. These took very good pictures, but were very hard on batteries. To correct this, I used the external 12 volt port connected to a 300 Series Energizer battery. With th larger battery storage I could take pictures down to minus 30 degree Fahrenheit. At this temperature one got less pictures due to animals not moving around as much in colder weather. The batteries were checked with a digital meter and when they got around 5-6 volt, they were brought in, warmed up, then recharged. Since cameras come out that take video, I sold my Wild View and set all my cameras to video.
All my cameras are using rechargeable batteries and are checked using a digital meter. This is far more acurate than using the bar indicator that some cameras have. Using the Energizer C batteries, they show 1.2 volt on the package. Put them in a charger boosts them up to approx. 1.38 volt. Now install them in say the D55-IR and it will only indicate around 70% as compared to one showing 1.5 volt. I feel the software only recognizes 1.5 volt as 100% power.
I've had excellent customer service from Moultrie, SpyPoint and Bushnell. Just remember, holidays, weekends and a reduction in staff being on holidays take a little more response time.