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I was kind looking at that one.What about the v-450?

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Wildview Extreme 4

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My wildview 3.0 is ok. It doesn't take any good pictures of nice bucks though:(

Not a fast trigger speed. batteries dont last too long (but a battery pack lasts forever). YOu get whiteouts a dawn and dusk.

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Well hail, ifI knew you all were going to be talking about trail cams I wouldn't of just made a post in the "Optics Fourum", questioning feedback on the Moultrie Spy M40. Anyone have one?

Bobby

P.S. God Bless America and Canada

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The twobest "cheap" trail camera manufacturers are moultrie and wildview. I have both. I would by far recommend the wildview. It takes very sharp pictures and has great battery life. I have put my wildview 2.0mp out with my moultrie game spy 1.3 mp and the wildview consistently maxes out the memory at about 550 pics while the moultrie will get maybe 100, and thats on a good day. Usually I will leave the moultrie out for a couple of weeks only to find that the 6-volt battery died a couple of days after I put it out and only took 30 pics. While I have gotten success from a moultrie, it is very hit and miss. Wildview has never let me down and I always get good pics. For the $80, it is well worth it.

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thanks

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You probably would have got more responses if you posted this in the Trail Camera forum room;)

When I got my first trail camera not too long ago I started searching for more information about it. It was a gift from my best friend and I knew nothing about any trail cameras.
In the process of searching I found the website that's in my signature:
http://www.chasingame.com
The more I learned about the proper use of the camera I had the better my pictures got. I was reading alot about every camera and found out what worked and what did not.
The2 things I believe I learned that benefitted me the most was to putmy camera in the best situation for that particular model of camera(distance from target area, in what situationmy camera model functioned the best, etc...).
Also to figure out what I expected or wanteda camera to do in a certain area...then decide what cameraworked the best in that situation.
Obviously I already had the camera...but it helped me decide how to use it so I got the best pictures possible.
My camera(Moultrie Game Watcher 2.1MP) does not work well as a trail camera with it's slow trigger time and the fact that it has what is called the "Sure Shot" mode in it's programming. It goes into a "Sleep Mode" to save battery life and it takes one motion to "Wake It Up" then it captures the next in a picture. It would not work very well as a trail camera if a deer walks by it quickly as you could figure would happen. It does however work great in a place where the deer will linger aroundfor awhile such as where I have it now near apple trees. Others have done well using it near Feeders or Bait Piles but they are illegal here in my home state.
I want a camera simply to be able to see what is out there and it's doing that. The picture quality is not as good as other cameras since it is only a 2.1MP camera but it is working for what I want a camera to do.
Now if I want to start getting pictures of deer on trails to see where they are and when I would look for another model of camera with a "Faster Trigger Speed" and no "Sleep Mode".

Hopefully you can find a camera that meets your desires and situation in your price range. Be prepared however to become an Addict;)

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I have a moultrie cam and I am very happy with the picture quality for the price I paid. As stated by others, the trigger time is slower than other cams, but if you are going to be using the camera around feeders or baited areas, then this camera would be great for that. I use mine around a feeder and I get several really nice pics. The battery life is a little weak...the battery usually lasts about three weeks, however, if you spend the extra money up-front and get a solar panel and rechargable battery, then you battery life will stay up for quite a long time.