looking for a new camera probably under $200
 

Ok I just sent back my I40 cause I am not happy with the day pictures being black and white, whether they fix it or send me a brand new one, I think I am still going to find me another camera, and just because of the fact that I was getting so many black and white pics, I am even thinking of going back to flash, cause I really don't need to spend another 200$ on a camera that gives me black and white pics LOL
So for $200 what is the better camera ?

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For $200 you could have 2 Moultrie D50 cams and some batteries. Probably what I will be buying.

My new favorite under $100.00 cam is the Moultrie D-55 flash cam, I would buy 2, D-55's. Great pic. quality and battery life. Pike

Hello everyone...:D...many of you already know me from other forums and I usually don't make my first post one of an opiniated nature but the two best cameras under $100 this year IMHO is the:

2010 Moutrie D55 Flash Cam
2010 Wildgame IR4

Both are producing excellent pictures, have extemely high picture count, and are easy on the wallet. Why don't you buy one of each and still have money left over.

I just returned from the QDMA Convention in Louisville and got the opportunity to see more about both of these cams and was very impressed considering the price point.

Welcome J.M.A.N.!! I've read a lot of your post, very helpful. You'll fit in real well around here!!

Let us know how Bushnell treats ya....

anythoughts on the M65?? pros cons??

I personally think the design sucks if you want to know the truth.:D With the top opening the way it does it is an accident looking for a place to happen. Chasingame even reported this as a major problem with the design in 2009.

If you are wanting an IR Camera...get the $89 WGI IR4 for under a hundred bucks and I promise you will not be dissapointed with it IMHO....2 second trigger which makes it a a great feeder/lick cam and will reset as fast as 30 seconds (I have learned this is way to fast on a place you know the animals are coming to) which will fill run a huge picture count on a 2gb card (over 2400). The IR is good to a solid 40 ft but I do feel concentrates on the middle area much more than the sides. I am truly having to resist from buying one myself right now....but am sure I will be before much longer before they become in short supply and everyone and their brother is buying them. I will personally vouch for WGIs CS.....they are no-nonsense....sent in an old THx5.0 that started giving me trouble after 6 months and they sent me a brand new D6 within 10 days:woot:

If you added a $79 UWAY Xtend IR-I to it you would "light up the night, have a sub $200 camera that will illuminate to nearly 100' in the right conditions.

Do yourself a favor and only buy SanDisk SD Cards....you will be much happier :happy0001: in the long haul.

Thanks everyone for the welcome!:groupwave:

can you explain what you mean by the design is an accident waiting to happen? I havn't seen these in person just on the website.

I don't know if I am going to go back to to IR camera or not, the one I had I40 took about 1400 pics total in a 5 day span and I got 6 color pics, I have loaded examples of the times of day on different posts on here , i just sent it back to moltrie this week, but I called them about 3 times and all the techs claim that it was not getting enough light, well the only way it would take color pics is if the camera was in DIRECT SUNLIGHT, and I mean direct, I had to be in the middle of a field to get a color pic, so I really don't want to make that 200$ mistake again, maybe it was just the camera but they sure seemed to think it wasnt

and why get the sandisk card? I have a polarold 1 gig and lexar 2 gig, and I never seem to have any problems getting the pics on them or off, what am I missing there?

we must just have bad luck then. a guy on our lease had bought WGI cams last year that flat out sucked and quit working. he called their tech support and they said send them back. he did and they sent him brand new upgraded cams for replacement. well no shocker, they suck too. they work which is more than the last ones did. the day pics are good but the night pic's are some of the worst i ever seen. i had to move his cams to within 10 feet of the feeder to tell if the deer were bucks or doe's.

To access your controls on the M65 you have to remove the top cover. If it has rained, water will run in and down into your SD slot. If it is a heavy dew, water will run in and down into your SD slot. I would never own a camera with such poor design.

WGI has made incredible leaps with the 2010 models, especially the IR4....friends of mine who have this cam absolutely love it and the picture quality is good as well as the battery life. That has always been my biggest complaint with WGI was the battery life. If you get one with the external plug in port you can hook it up to 6V SLA 12 amp and run it year round with no worries.

I use my cams inside the woods and don't have any open lot areas to watch so most of my pics are IR. The D6 will take a decent color picture. I am not looking for a picture to put in National Geographic as much as I am looking for a decent picture and information.



Here are some of my night pics:

$199.99 for a cuddeback capture. It has quick trigger speed and good clear photos

JMAN thanks for the info, about the other m65, very helpful, a question for you about your came, you say that it does take IR pictures during the day in the woods? Just curious cause that is why I am looking for a new cam cause the is all my I40 was doing pretty much ;-( the D55 is looking better and better, the cuddyback capture, what is the warrenty on them? how is customer service?

I know there alot of guys who like the Cuudebacks but after my experience with them, I would never buy another. First of all there is a 30sec delay between triggers that can't be overcome because it has no multi-shot option. It can't take video if that's important to you. Another feature it lacks is a battery life indicator. It would really help to know when you are in the field to be able to know how much battery life is left before you leave it out there. The sensing area is so narrow that it won't take a pic. unless the animal is directly in front of the camera. Cudde knows this has been a problem for years and they are now calling this; image centering technology. What a load of bull. They are fast triggering but I don't care how fast a camera is, it can't take a picture of what it can't see. The pics were crisp and clear but many times they had a purple or yellow tint to everything. I never had any experience with their customer service but I have read on other forums that it is terrible. If you want to stick with white-flash, as I do, the choices are limited, especially in the higher end cameras. Hope this helps.

Blessings.....Pastorjim

I want to try one of the new Bushnells that are handsized, they look really cool and spec nice also. As of now, I have only ran Moultrie in digitals...and they have been good, just slow...gotta angle the camera the right way towards the trail. Also, before that, it was Stealth cam 35mm which seemed bullet proof. But for the money, moultrie is good...i would still like to try a bushnell over a cuddie.

those night pics prove my earlier post....horrible. that deer is about 10 feet from the cam and you can hardly make it out

Different Needs
 

I am not looking for a picture to put in National Geographic as much as I am looking for a decent picture and information JMAN

I'm looking for a first camera for a scouting hunter, and not a Vogue Magazine photographer. If I paid three or four hundred, I'd expect more. But I'm not one to let one of those babies get put all alone in the woods.

So far I'm looking for as little light as possible at night for deer and possible hunters. Enough camera speed to catch sight of a moving deer. Cheap enough; good enough to get a night ID. Thanks for the post.

I plan on checking out the new predator traileye IR. Cabelas has them for 199 and according to predators website the camera has some pretty impressive specs for the money. As PastorJim08 stated cuddebacks arent worth the money. It amazes me what their advertising team is capable of, taking a down fall of their camera and make it sound like its proprietary technology. Another thing about the Cuddebacks, I had alot of problems in the morning with dew forming on the lens so everything it takes a picture of is foggy.

Have you considered one of the cheaper cameras like the Wildview IR5 with an XtendIR-I? That would be $100 camera/$79 slave and it would light up the world at night. Of course, for $129 you could go completely "black flash" which is completely invisible to the eye.

Just a thought really.

I40
 

I bought a Moultrie I-40 and absolutely love it. here are some pictures that I got during the day and night. I have only been using it for the last couple months and still no issues.

hunterojc: Checking your times when the pictures were taken and the location of setup, it appears you were fortunate to get a camera that does not have to be out in direct sunlight to obtain a color picture. I have read a few posts that there camera didn't work that way. I hope your camera keeps performing well. The pictures look good. Thanks for sharing.

I have been meaning to say that the 09 BTCs are by far my most favorite cam of all. I own 4....used to have 5 and sent one in because it jumped date/time stamp and they sent me a '10 Bone Collector to replace it. It is currently enroute to me and once I get it I can tell you more about how well it performs. There have been alot of mini-issues with the early '10 BTCs so it's hard to really recommend them to someone. The pictures on the new '10 Models are some of the very best I have ever seen.