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Short history of the trail-camera
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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5020143" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>To me, two of the major innovations in trail-cameras of late have really increased their value. First is the advancements in trigger technology. I remember when trigger speeds were over a second. This worked fine most of the time, but a deer can move a considerable distance in that time, leading to a lot of pictures of just a deer's butt as it disappeared out of the picture frame. Now companies like Spypoint have cameras with triggers speeds below a 10th of a second. That's truly amazing!</p><p></p><p>For me, because I need quality pictures for running photo censuses, the second major recent innovation is integral camera systems that have the ability to monitor flash output and adjust flash power on the fly. This is a feature that until recently was found only on expensive pocket digital cameras. In the past, every time a camera triggered at night, the flash flashed at full power. This produced a bunch of washed out pictures of deer that were close to the camera. And although this feature only exists on some of the higher-end trail-cameras, now the reflected light of the flash is monitored and the flash toned down mid-flash if something is close to the camera, virtually eliminating the "white out" night pics.</p><p></p><p>And actually, let me add a third major innovation, and that is excellent manufacturing quality control. I remember the days all too well of feeling lucky to get a trail-camera that lasted more than two seasons. Now cameras last for years and years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5020143, member: 17"] To me, two of the major innovations in trail-cameras of late have really increased their value. First is the advancements in trigger technology. I remember when trigger speeds were over a second. This worked fine most of the time, but a deer can move a considerable distance in that time, leading to a lot of pictures of just a deer's butt as it disappeared out of the picture frame. Now companies like Spypoint have cameras with triggers speeds below a 10th of a second. That's truly amazing! For me, because I need quality pictures for running photo censuses, the second major recent innovation is integral camera systems that have the ability to monitor flash output and adjust flash power on the fly. This is a feature that until recently was found only on expensive pocket digital cameras. In the past, every time a camera triggered at night, the flash flashed at full power. This produced a bunch of washed out pictures of deer that were close to the camera. And although this feature only exists on some of the higher-end trail-cameras, now the reflected light of the flash is monitored and the flash toned down mid-flash if something is close to the camera, virtually eliminating the "white out" night pics. And actually, let me add a third major innovation, and that is excellent manufacturing quality control. I remember the days all too well of feeling lucky to get a trail-camera that lasted more than two seasons. Now cameras last for years and years. [/QUOTE]
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