Cuddeback has arrived

[wilmsmeyer]

Camera came this week and all that comes with it is a little pamphlet. The model of this Cuddeback is the "Capture". I am hoping that the SD cards I buy will fit my Kodak EZ share 885 camera. Anyone know if it will?

[whyohe]

wilms a SD is just that a SD. They are all the same. what you need to make sure that one is not an XD card, though i doubt it. most are SD. ID like to get a trail camera and im torn between a cuddyback and a liefriver. let us know how well it work(with pics ;D).

[wilmsmeyer]

Thanks Whyoye,

I plan on waiting until we get some warmer weather before putting it out. It's been below zero at night around here and I have a feeling that battery life would be short as heck. Am I wrong? Also, even though I am not overly concerned with theft, I would leave tracks in the snow around here right now that would lead to my camera.

Am trying to convince my hunting partners to each get one so that we can put together a better scouting plan for next fall.

[whyohe]

your right as to battery life, it will shorten, it as to how much ? also if it has a butlt in screen it my damage it with that cold of temps.

[Buckrub]

well, actually some of the earlier Moultrie (and others?) cameras would not accept SD cards above 128K, but I can't imagine that's an issue with this one.

I'm jealous. I really want to get 'into' this craze, and just can't afford it. No telling what I'd find out!

[raf]

I got a Moultrie as a Christmas gift from my kids. It'll take up to a 4 gig card. I put a 1 gig into it.
I took it up to the cabin this past weekend to try it out. Temperatures went down to the -30 C range. I worked all night. got lots of pictures of me setting it up,,,,,and lots of me taking the dog out one last time at night and still more of me taking the dog out in the morning. Flash was just as bright in the morning as the night before. Only thing I didn't get was pictures of deer. I guess they were smarter than me and didn't wander around in the cold .

[chuck41]

My trailcam uses the SD cards and they also will fit into the Digital picture frame I got for my wife for Christmas. Nice.
Unfortunately my digital camera is an Olympus and it uses the XD cards. Oh well, I guess I can just transfer the pictures to view them. Next camera purchase will definitely be one that uses the more common SD format.

[submoa]

I'v been using a capture since August and can't sat enough about it. Takes great pictures, awesome instant trigger(many running shots), as simple a setup as it gets, and good battery life.Have had it out all winter ,new batteries in mid Dec. averages 50 to 100 pictures a week and its still going strong. Theres been many nights here in NY below 0 and daytime highs only single digets. I change out the 12 volt batteries on my other cameras every 2 weeks by comparison. SD cards are SD cards I would suggest getting 2 the same and only use them for the game camera. I use San Disk cards and have had great luck with them. 512mb holds close to 500 pics on this camera. As to the Leaf River cameras made referance to we have tried both flash & IR models and sent them back. there are much better and cheaper cameras out there.

[wilmsmeyer]

submoa,

Did you see the pix I posted? I did get a running shot. The other "stills" were awesome. I am a newb with these things but my first impressions were "wow".

[submoa]

wilms, did not find your pics but i have some that were shot in the rain and you can see the water beads on the deers back. I,ve been using trail cameras for 10 years now and its a great hobby and very addicting. Every time you download a card its like christmas. If i figure out how to post a pic I,ll share some. Good luck with your new past time were the season never ends & theres no bag limits.

[chuck41]

Had mine set up when I shot a buck back in October. When I shot the deer he was about 10' in front of the camera with two other bucks on either side of him. I was hoping I would get a picture of the shot, but absolutely nothing! I was very disappointed.

Thought for sure I would have had something. The three of them milled around in front of that camera for at least a minute or so before I shot. I had to wait for the other two to get out of the line of sight. Now I can't imagine how many pass merrily by without triggering it at all.

[submoa]

The Capture has a narrow sensor area and it is possible for the target animal to parallel the sensor area and not trigger the camera. It is best set up on trail that cross in front of it from side to side instead of along the trail like you would with cameras that have a slow trigger. If set up in this way it will miss far less than a slow trigger that countless animals can walk or run by before it can take a picture.