Dang # of Pictures

[catman529]

Last pull was June 24 with 2,000 pics since May 24. I changed the sensitivity to Low so I wouldn't have as many false triggers, and it seemed to work. But I checked it yesterday out of curiosity (July 3) and had 770 new pics. Problem is the camera only has a 30s, 1m, and 30m delay settings. I don't want 30 minute delays but 1 minute is too short so I guess I will just keep it on 1m and be glad I have an 8 gb card and a very long battery life on the camera. Supposedly will take over 30,000 pics on a single set of batteries. Not sure if it's true but so far it looks like it might be.

 

[BSK]

Problem is the camera only has a 30s, 1m, and 30m delay settings.

And that's why I pay extra for cameras with nearly infinite burst mode and delay time settings. I use different settings for each type of camera set-up (salt-licks, food plots, trails, scrapes, etc.)

 

[catman529]

Problem is the camera only has a 30s, 1m, and 30m delay settings.

And that's why I pay extra for cameras with nearly infinite burst mode and delay time settings. I use different settings for each type of camera set-up (salt-licks, food plots, trails, scrapes, etc.)

I pay less because I get whatever is on clearance.

Some series of pics are a single doe eating at the salt lick for a long time, with pics only 1 or 2 minutes apart. But I do have plenty of cool fawn pics and a few young bucks. Hope the big boys show up this fall when they start to range shift.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

Problem is the camera only has a 30s, 1m, and 30m delay settings.

And that's why I pay extra for cameras with nearly infinite burst mode and delay time settings. I use different settings for each type of camera set-up (salt-licks, food plots, trails, scrapes, etc.)

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[JCDEERMAN]

Problem is the camera only has a 30s, 1m, and 30m delay settings.

And that's why I pay extra for cameras with nearly infinite burst mode and delay time settings. I use different settings for each type of camera set-up (salt-licks, food plots, trails, scrapes, etc.)

I pay less because I get whatever is on clearance.

Some series of pics are a single doe eating at the salt lick for a long time, with pics only 1 or 2 minutes apart.

When I first got a Reconyx, which takes a pic every 1/5th of a second, I made the mistake of trying to get the most pics as possible. I put it over a salt lick and got over 3000 pics in one week. I thought it was cool until about pic #300 . I won't ever do that ever again! The only time I put it on that setting is over scrapes or fields

 

[danny1975]

Last pull was June 24 with 2,000 pics since May 24. I changed the sensitivity to Low so I wouldn't have as many false triggers, and it seemed to work. But I checked it yesterday out of curiosity (July 3) and had 770 new pics. Problem is the camera only has a 30s, 1m, and 30m delay settings. I don't want 30 minute delays but 1 minute is too short so I guess I will just keep it on 1m and be glad I have an 8 gb card and a very long battery life on the camera. Supposedly will take over 30,000 pics on a single set of batteries. Not sure if it's true but so far it looks like it might be.

you tried turning off the time lapse. I learned the hard of having so many pics of nothing .

 

[catman529]

Last pull was June 24 with 2,000 pics since May 24. I changed the sensitivity to Low so I wouldn't have as many false triggers, and it seemed to work. But I checked it yesterday out of curiosity (July 3) and had 770 new pics. Problem is the camera only has a 30s, 1m, and 30m delay settings. I don't want 30 minute delays but 1 minute is too short so I guess I will just keep it on 1m and be glad I have an 8 gb card and a very long battery life on the camera. Supposedly will take over 30,000 pics on a single set of batteries. Not sure if it's true but so far it looks like it might be.

you tried turning off the time lapse. I learned the hard of having so many pics of nothing .

not sure what you mean. My camera only takes pics when it senses IR heat/movement. I turned the sensitivity to low instead of normal because of all the pics of nothing. The wind blowing the plants and the hot sun were false triggering the camera. When I checked yesterday there were still a few false triggers here and there, but not nearly as many. The bulk of the pics were deer spending ridiculous amounts of time eating salt.

 

[danny1975]

On my spypoint and coverts they have a time lapse setting that consently takes pics . I turn mine off and just have 2 or 3 continuous shots When it detects something Also I kept my settings on low .

 

[catman529]

On my spypoint and coverts they have a time lapse setting that consently takes pics . I turn mine off and just have 2 or 3 continuous shots When it detects something Also I kept my settings on low .

Mine will do burst shots so I could do that with a 30 minute delay but I still do not like that amount of time between triggers in case some unusual critter comes through. My camera does not take continuous pics like some do. I think that's called plot watcher or something?

 

[danny1975]

Oh ok . I do mine multi shots . Especially for deer running and stuff . I had to turn the other off because after a week I had 1000 pics lol

 

[catman529]

Oh ok . I do mine multi shots . Especially for deer running and stuff . I had to turn the other off because after a week I had 1000 pics lol

I might try the burst mode possibly during the rut to catch chases on camera. But then I also hope to catch chases with my bow and arrow. :grin:

 

[danny1975]

Lol. I'm diffently going to do it rut . Been got that itchy trigger finger. I move a camera yesterday over a trophy rock . I had one before and they been tearing it up . The rock all gone and a home about 2 feet deep lol

 

[Good time Charlie]

I was talking to a guy at work and he said his cam would not pick up squirrels????Is this the Norm for most comm. cams?
My homebrews will pick up a moth flying.

 

[danny1975]

I got one pic of a falling limb . Caught the pic in mid air . Blowing grass sets mine off a lot , seem like squirrels would defiantly set it off

 

[catman529]

Squirrels set off my moultrie in the backyard and rabbits set off my primos in the thicket. Before I turned down the sensitivity I got a pic of a robin standing on the salt lick.

 

[Mike Belt]

It's a pain going through 3000 pictures for a 4 day set but sometimes you can get different angled shots making for much better pictures by getting so many. I'd opt for too many than not enough.

 

[Boone 58]

I have found 5 min delays and 2 shot burst to be my favorite!

 

[BSK]

I have found 5 min delays and 2 shot burst to be my favorite!

Over bait/salt-lick, I use a 5 minute delay and a 3-5 shot burst.