Ive had a trailtimer camera for four years and it started having problems this year after about 150 rolls of film, I bought a stealth cam to use while my other is being repaired, and have a lot of the results you mentioned, including a great buck that you can only see one side of his rack cause hes at the very edge and not centered. I also dont seem to get as many pics with it, sometimes I hang it up and dont get any pics at all. But for the money it is fine I guess. Im with springgobbler on the digital camera, and as soon as I can afford it Im buying the Cuddleback camera, it even has theft protection. It is 600.00 but ive spent way more than that on film and developing.