Remington Ghost Dual Flash Camera
 

Anyone have any experience with the Remington Ghost Dual Flash Camera?? Seems like one heck of a deal for $109.00....

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No experience, but I was looking into it myself.

For $109 and packed with the following features, it sounds attractive.

• 5.0 mega pixel color / Flash or Infrared at night
• Largest Backlit LED Screen on the Market
• Tiltable built-in mounting bracket
• 32 MB Built-In Memory
• Rapid trigger speed
• 18 High Intensity LED's IR flash up to 30 ft range
• 60' PIR sensor
• Aiming laser
• Time/Date/Temp Stamp
• Accepts Secure Digital Memory Cards up to 2GB
• 256MB SD card INCLUDED
• Extended battery life
• Requires 4 D-cell batteries (not included)
• Proprietary Latch System Keyed Padlock & Cable Lock Included

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Thats exactly what I was thinking. I just ordered one so I will let you know how it works out.

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People on other forums were having issues with this cam having a vius in the software.

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Hey Guys,

Before any of you go too far with this idea about the Remington Ghost camera, log onto www.chasingame.com and see what they have to say about them. No judgements, just want to see you guys spend your hard-earned money wisely.

Blessings.......Pastorjim

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X's 2....

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well... I might have just got screwed:(. But I will let you all know how it turns out when it gets here.

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Here is a quick link about that at chasingame...........

http://www.chasingame.com/forum/view...=10&t=9704

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dang. This is just sounding worse and worse from all the other forums that I have been reading.... I wonder if I should give them a call and cancel the order, or if Remington is going to make this right some how?

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It's only a good deal if it works well for you. I almost bought one at Wal-Mart until I read the reviews. If it were me, I'd try to cancel and not risk it.

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I lost a week of scouting time on an impulse buy thanks to this stupid camera... bad reviews are trickling in but they are consistently bad! I purchased mine from Walmart and I had no issues with Virus on the SD Card or CD (both have been reported). I put it out in the field and it took 24 pics. Every single one of them unreadable by the computer... the pic was not recognized as a jpg! My hunting spot is 40 miles away! I don't have time to be wasting on a product that's been delivering results that are as consistently bad as the reviews on this camera suggest... I'm disappointed in Remmington.

Mine has been taken back and replaced by a Stealth Cam 550. No IR, but I'll live... at least it works.

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AND, FYI - at the Basspro fall hunting sale the 5mp Stealth Cam was only $99 ($30 off)!

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I saw them at my store and they were $137.

Rick

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Mine doesn't work. Luckily, I saved the receipt because I am returning it. I called the 800 # on the inside of the camera cover & spoke to BA products, the company that makes the camera. I explained how it was acting up, and they told me that they had seen similar issues it seems to take pics whenever it wants too & sometimes not at all). I made sure with the guy I talked to that it was set up correctly & it was. They advised me to return it for another one. Yeah right! I'm not getting burned again. I'm going to just buy another Moultrie. I have 2 Moultries & no major issues with them.

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Sorry, more details. I agree with bscofield. The pics I got were unreadable. They just showed up as a blank gray screen or a bright white screen. I don't have a 4 wheeler, & I walk about 2 miles back to where I hang my cameras. I lost 2 weeks of scouting b/c I went to check for pics after 2 weeks & had nothing.

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Pain in the butt! I have the Stealth Cam 550 out right now, same spot that fired off 24 pics the other day (hopefully not at nothing or I'm sticking to the same spot for no reason!) [:@]

If this doesn't produce anything in 2 weeks when I go check it then I'm going to be scouting 2-3 weeks before the season! What a bad situation... what a bad camera! Too bad too, the price was awesome for 5mp IR cam...

To be fair, I read on aCam review site (could have been chasinggame.com) that the camo versions that were arriving in some stores where working properly. I have not seen this confirmed by anyone yet...

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Everyone,

The camo version has been looked at by chasingame, and the verdict is that it has given up "the ghost".

Blessings.....Pastorjim

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TOO BAD...

WELP... IF IT LOOKS TO BE GOOD TO BE TRUE...

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I bought this camera at Wally World on a whim (before reading all the bad reviews) and I ended up taking it back and getting the Moultrie.

The IR pics were okay (decent quality, black and white) but the daytime pics and the incandescent flash pics were HORRIBLE. The color was way off, and the camera resets the time and date if you turn the power off. It's not a good camera at all. I like my Moultrie for $100 much better.

Here's a daytime and nightime pic with the Remington cam:

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i purchased the remington ghost about a month ago. i only take photos at night using the flash. it has worked great so far. the only problem i'm having is battery life. i have been using energizer d battery. the camera will only last 4 days at most before it stops taking photos(about 100 photos). i dont believe this is normal. i have never used a game camera before and thought this would be a fine choice for my first one.

any idea on battery life?

thanks, jimmy

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I recommend you put your money towards another cam such as the scoutguard 550 or a moultrie i-40 or the new capture cudde. All around $200

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I bought one at Wal Mart after my I-40 was stolen. Overall I'm very pleased with it given the price. The only downside with this camera is the color of the pictures during the day. They almost have a purple tint to them. The upsidewould be the battery life, i get around 500 or more pictures with only 4 d-cell batteriescomared to my I-40 that had 6 or 8( not exactly sure ).The display panel is really user friendly.The trigger speed, in my opinion is much faster than the I-40.

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I had problems with this camera the first few days, but kept working with it. It takes good pictures as you say, mostly black and white but resolution looks really good. The battery life definetly is a plus, and still going. I had over 300 plus pictures for 4 weeks and still had 85% battery life. Very user friendly, and set up was very easy I thought. I have seen alot of posts stating they hated the camera and took it back. I honestly was going too but gave it a few days and it worked fine. For the price I am seeing, $109?, I would definetly buy another.

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hmmmmmm I was gonna buy a ghost the week. now im not so sure.

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hmmm, my I40 has been out since the beginning of May and still on the same set of batteries.

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What I was saying was that the I40 uses 2 or 4 more batteries compared to the Remmington with, in my opinion, the same amount of battery life. They're both great camera's, i just didn't want to spend the extra 100.00$ on the I40 and have it stolen agian, otherwise....

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Wow.. Sorry to hear about the bad luck everyone has had with this cam.... I purchased one from Walmart thisearly Sep2008 I put it out in the field and wow! it works totally awesome.
I noticed that if you set it up as IR it's IR for DAY and NIGHT that is why your day shot colorslook off. I set it for both and found that the flash was the best. IR is not really needed if you set it for one picture only. I have found if you set it for 3 or more pics it will spook the deer. Also cover up the red and green led light with tape. I have had this in the field for almost 2 months now and have had no issues just awesome shots of bucks - even sparing -

I live in Michigan and the weather is ruff out there but so far this camera has held up flawlessly. I changed the batteries only once.

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Man batteries is my current issue with my new cam...after taking back the Remmington I got a 5MP stealth cam... goes through a set of batteries each week! Someone tell me this ain't normal! It's only taking 50 pics or so...

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Not in the Remington Ghost Dual Flash Camera

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I haven't had any problem with battery life on my stealth cam.. I couldn't tell you how many pics mine has taken with the same set of batteries, but it has been alot. I had it out for 3 months this summer with out any problem what so ever. I recently took it again but change the batteries to make sure I do not have any issues with them as the night time temps has hit around the mid 20s here. So i will know after the hunting season is over if they hold up in the cold weather we get. So my guess is it is not normal for your batteries to run out as quick as that. Check chasinggame .com to see the reviews on yours to make sure.

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A buddy of mine works at a local co-op here. They sale the Ghost and I was gonna buy one, but he told me that half of what they have sold the people have returned them. Numerous problems with them. I not so sure of buying one now. Maybe they will work the bugs out of them.

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Bought this camera and set it up in an open field near my home. Day one 235 pictures of my yard. Brought it to food plot left it setup for a week...235 pictures of my grass growing....moved it away from any possible limb or anything that could trigger it...235 pictures of the wind. No where in the directions to set the sensitivity of it. Waste of time to bring back to store as it took me 30 minutes to set the dang thing up...best spot for it is in the campfire unless someone has any suggestions

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by the way, camera has taken over 750 pictures with the same 4 d duracell batteries and indicator still shows full charge,...just wait till my sledge hits it....

Ghost Camera
 

Jimmy,
I know this is a long time post, but I know that if you use duracell batteries it will last longer I have had mine in the woods for about 2 months. Also I was told that you have to set the camera north or south away from the sun so it does not catch the shadow setting or rising. Dont if you cover up the red and green lights on the camera will that mess the pictures up? I am new to this so I am just wondering if this is how you post. I have a few good pics also it may just be some peoples camera.

I do know that if you face the camera east or west it will catch the shadow of the sun rising and setting. I have one of these cameras and the photos are not too bad.

Jimmy,
if you still have this camera switch to duracell the battery terminal are taller that the energizer that will help with battery llife