Well, the first day with the new Stealth Cam DIGRC-XTR camera was good, but, since then, it seems to keep going down hill.

I checked the camera today and noticed that there were no pictures. I walked over to the feeder and there were fresh deer tracks. This made me curious, so I did was ILL-Cornfed did and I walked past the camera. I walked past at about 5 yards and the camera snapped a picture, too bad I was entirely out of the way! I tried it again, and yet again, the camera didn't snap a picture until I was out of the picture.

Another thing I noticed is that the camera was taking forever to load. Whenever I turned the unit on, it would take about 30-45 seconds for the unit to load up (and the owners manual says that it should load in 5 seconds). This is after just two days, so this thing is sucking up batteries terribly bad!

I just checked my feeder about 30 minutes ago. I shinned a flash-light down and there are 5 raccoons down there. 2 are standing on the feed plate (the camera is aimed directly at the feed plate) and 3 were on the ground. I turned the flashlight off quick and just waited to see if I could see the camera flash. I waited 5 minutes and no flash, 10 minutes, no flash, and after 15 minutes with no flash, I shinned the flashlight down to see if the raccoons were still there and sure enough they were.


I e-mailed Stealth Cam about this and let them know what I was experiencing! I asked what they were willing to do about this problem and I am awaiting their response! If they aren't willing to do anything, I will be cancleing the solar panel I have on order (thankfully it is on back-order), and I will be selling the camera on E-Bay as a package, along with the 256 MB memory card I got today.


One other thing that I noticed is that the camera quality isn't exactly what I expected it to be. I figured that I would get better quality and better color from a 3 megapixel camera, but it just doesn't seem to be that great.

Building a home-brew is seeming much more appealing right now![:-]

Jason!

Sorry to hear this about your new cam,I've been reading your post's on the cam and read what Ill Cornfed had said about it .I was hoping that he had just run into a bad cam and was hoping to hear and see some good shot's from you .Keep us informed about what Stealth is going to do to help you out ,if Stealth isn't going to stand up to the plate then I'll be looking elsewhere for a digital cam next season. There's no better place to post your finding's than here and maybe something good will come out of this. KEEP US INFORMED

John

Those were my concerns, I guess I'm going to buy the H.S. Tracker, all the reviews on the tracker are positive. This forum is a great place to research info on a product.

After my experience with the MCG2 or whatever they call it, I wouldn't buy another product from Stealth Cam if it was the only one on the market.

Cam Trakker all the way.

Jason, Are you and Murphy friends? You've had the worst time since you decided to order a cam. I can't believe this is going to continue to play out for you. I've had great luck with the 1.3mp stealth. How high off the ground is the camera and at what angle is it pointed. I'm sure you know how to use the cam bit I'm wondering if the sensor is missing the game because of it's angle. As for the batteries I'm a little suprised. If it were taking pics I'd think the the better resolution camera were the culprit but with no pics that dosn't seem likely. I don't know why it should use more battery power than the 1.3 cam. I'm not all that suprised about the load time. My book also says 5 seconds but is in more in the 10-20 second range.

I hope stealth cam takes care of the situation. With the 3.0mp being new I hope it's a faulty unit but with the lanundry list of issues I'd sooner think it is the design.

Oh, About pic quality. Did you have it set on the highest resolution setting?

Jason,

Email me, let me build you a digital camera. You will be very happy with it. If you have an concerns I have references from other people who have a camera from me.

Get a Cuddeback.

I'm still waiting for my Stealth MC2G to come and hope I have better luck with it ,but I've also heard some negative remark's about them as well .I've seen some pretty good pic's from them but I hope it o.k. for this season . I know it's only $70.00 but this is just another reason why I went with the MC2.Hopefully it comes soon so I can give her a try.

nubo

YEP, the same experiences that I had. As I mentioned, I returned mine and I'm awaiting a Cuddeback. If this Cam isn't what I'm expecting then I'm trying the Trail Spy!!! Sorry about your bad luck. [&:]

Sorry you're having problems with your camera. Trail Spy, Trail Spy, Trail Spy! C'mon you need to test it out for us since you're ready to spend the money!

Or take up T_in_PA2 on making you one.

Dang NUBO! You're still waiting on your regular Stealth? How long have you had that thing on order? I guess I take it for granted that I can run to our local Bass Pro & pick one up.