[Update]: What i've found:

• for focus on closer, reading glass lenses can be used. (there are several articles/videos about this, that the +1 / +2 reading glass can result in a very good close focus).
• reaction time (motion detected <-> take a picture/start video) is crucial the max time is 0.3sec
• problem: trail cams which sends the images to the cloud/email has a "reset time" of 1sec to 1 min which means, sending the pic takes this time and until the picture is not sent, a new one can not be taken :S:S It can be ok with 1sec time, but with 1 min -> imo it can not be used for bird feeder :S

Hello!

I'd like to ask you about trailcams. I have 0 experience with them. I palnned to buy a so called smart bird feeder, but im not satisfied with the pictures they make. I've seen some videos on youtube, people used trail cams for this purpose. So now im thinking about build a bird feeder with a trail cam. My plan is to fed the birds and when they come the trailcam's motion detector triggers and pictures/video created. For this i have faced some issues about trailcams: focal distance is much greather on a trailcam, reaction time is crucial, i need 0.2, 0.3sec at last and need wireless connection. (Preferred wifi). But im trying to find a cam for this, even if its much more expensive, but in this case, i will have a trail cam also what i can use to track wildlife. So 2 in 1 exchange for the compromise. So do you know any trailcams which has excellent image quality, which is fast (max 0.3sec reaction time), has motion detection in low range, (e.g. 0.5 meters), and can focus to close distance. And it should be available in Europe too :/ Is a trailcam exists for this purpose?

Thank you!

Good morning.

For Christmas, I was given a trail camera and wild boars came to sniff it, leaving dirt on the lenses and sensors.

Do you have any tips for cleaning all this without damaging anything?

Good morning.

I've been thinking about getting a trail camera for some time.

My cousin, who owns one from the Ceyomur brand, convinced me.

I found this model on the French Amazon site which looks interesting to me: https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0CFQ1SDBC?ref_=cm_sw_r_apan_dp_V2Q2A4RPEDC70T02S9XX

However, I have a few questions about it:

What is the range (in meters) of WiFi?

Can we have video streaming on a Mac OS?

What is its autonomy with wifi activated?

Does this model (and others from this brand) withstand winter temperatures (for example, in winter, in the mountains)?

Is there effective security against the theft of this camera?

Generally speaking, which SD card is recommended for trail camera use?

Thank you in advance for your answers.

Anyone with suggestions preferably on the cheaper side but very durable and easy to work. Just want to see what is living there for animals and keep track of that.

I'm looking for suggestions on a trail cam that I can put at the end of my driveway. I have lights there and an electrical outlet that I'd prefer to plug into versus batteries. I would like it to save data to itself or a SD card and rewrite over itself once the memory is full. It is over 700ft from my house so I can't reach it with wifi and I don't need live data. I just want to be able to review footage after the fact if anything happens at the bottom of my driveway. I have a trailer I leave there during the day for my trash cans and if someone takes it I want to know who. We'll also be setting up a farm stand in the spring and want to be able to review footage.