Cold Weather Camera
09-18-2009, 03:35 PM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: northeast
Posts: 98
Cold Weather Camera
currently i have a moultrie d40 and i am happy with it except for 1 thing, no pics when its 32 degrees or less. so with that being said, before i go out and purchase another camera... i would appreciate any feedback on cameras that work under 32 degrees. i have been looking around but none of the cameras advertise on the box or in cataloges if they work in the cold. i know the moultrie says it in the instructions and i don't want to spend money and find out the next one is the same.
09-18-2009, 05:39 PM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 306
i have 3 of the d40's and they all work fine in the cold except it really kills the batteries.not often that it gets very far below 20 degrees
where i'm at though.i get road killed deer to bait coyotes in winter and get great pics. i'd say you just have a problem with that cam.
you'll prolly get the answer you need from one of the guys with the higher end cams.
where i'm at though.i get road killed deer to bait coyotes in winter and get great pics. i'd say you just have a problem with that cam.
you'll prolly get the answer you need from one of the guys with the higher end cams.
09-18-2009, 09:51 PM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Fulton county IL USA
Posts: 4,271
It will cost ya a lot more than that cheap lil' Moultrie did..... but with the Lithium batts, a Reconyx will take pix to -40! Last season ours remained perfectly functional in temps down to single digits before the season ended and I pulled 'em all.
09-19-2009, 12:33 AM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Indiana
Posts: 3,372
This pic is from my Moultrie I-40. Check out the temp in the lower left hand of the pic. And, if I'm not mistaken, I still have the same batteries in that camera right now. It's been out all summer since the last of April.
Blessings......Pastorjim
Blessings......Pastorjim
09-20-2009, 05:39 PM
#5
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: northeast
Posts: 98
i don't think i have a dud because i recall reading in the instructions (which i can not find at the moment) that the camera does not work below 32 degrees.
any recommendations for not so overpriced cameras?
any recommendations for not so overpriced cameras?
09-21-2009, 04:08 AM
#6
Spike
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Capital district New York
Posts: 54
I have a wildview it doesn't take the best of pics but I put it out last year at newyears and got 80 some pictures over a month. 4 c batteries in it. It is isn't an expensive camera either. I think I paid 60 dollars for it on sale.
09-21-2009, 06:11 AM
#7
Fork Horn
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 202
I have a cuddeback capture flash and had it out in -5 weather last winter and the batteries lasted for roughly 2 months. The camera triggered the deer just like it does now in the summer and works great in the cold weather.
