Trophy guy, I do not have a nontypical deer cam but here are a few difference in options that a homebrew can give you. for example.
1st - deer cam's are 35mm which limit you to 36 exposure rolls of film and hence can be costly upon developing and limit you to # of pictures. with a homebrew you can set the sony to take 1.2 megapixel which will give you a 35mm quality photo if you desire to print them up. on 1.2 megapixel with a 128 mg card you can take around 349 pictures. yes thats right 349 pictures.
2nd - a home brew gives you more options as far as setting your delay. for example, mine has 10sec, 20 sec, 1 min, 3 min, 5 min, 10 min, 20 min 30 min, and 1 hour delay. or if you desire, you can have the chip programmed for what ever delays you desire.
3rd - non typical claims 5 rolls of film for the battery that the camera uses. with a home brew and using the sony p32 you can get upwards of 500-600 pictures of 2 AA rechargeable batteries. lets see that is 13-15 rolls of film if it were a 35 mm camera.
4th you can take 15 second movie clips also which you can't do with the 35mm cam
I am just trying to enlighten some people that you can build a lot better and cheaper than you can buy. here's why
controller board 80.00 fully assembled. camera connections 10.00. dipped camo enclosure 28.00. camera off ebay for 130.00. misc expense 20.00 which makes your total around 260.00. once you built your first one you will be addicted to it. so for the trade off of a quality digital vs. 35mm I would take the digital. I can leave mine in the woods longer b/c of the number of pictures it can take and there is no film developing cost, also very cost effective using only 2 AA batteries and 1 nine volt.
On one final note I am not bashing nontypical but simply trying to enlight people of the ease and cost savings of building your own quality camera unit. If I can be of any help on any questions let me know and I will do my best to help you.
Sorry for going on but IMO if you put your camera's in area's where theft is high, I wouldn't put a homebrew there. I would buy a cheap stealth cam 35mm b/c if it gets stolen then your not out but 70.00 vs. 260.00 for your good unit. this is just my opinion.
