Checking your Trail Cam in the Field

[Griz231]

Not sure this has ever come up, but I figured I'd share.

So i've looked at the card viewers they sell and could never cough up the dough for one.  Got to thinking (and i'm sure i'm behind on this), but I'm going to call it my idea.    Found an old camera when I was moving that we just disgarded and threw in a box.  It happens to fit my SD cards and has a nice little viewer on it. 

 

It's ok if you mock me for being a bit slow on thinking of this.

[KimberRich]

 

I wont comment on you being slow..

Glad you didn't waste the $$ to go and buy a viewer.

[CAMPMEAT]

I use my little Nikon Coolpix for my SD card viewer. Works great.

[Griz231]

I wont comment on you being slow..

Glad you didn't waste the $$ to go and buy a viewer.

I appreciate that.

[h20hunter]

Good idea.....i've tried but haven't got an old camera that works with the card. Took my laptop up once....even had a wireless signal from a house a ways out.

[Griz231]

Good idea.....i've tried but haven't got an old camera that works with the card. Took my laptop up once....even had a wireless signal from a house a ways out.

I think I even gave some to goodwill couple years ago.

Maybe check Craigslist or garage sales, probably get something pretty cheap

[Biggerhammer]

I used to just pull the card and check it on a small Sony digital camera. Then I found Apple had a card adaptor for the iPad. That changed everything, the iPad hardly weighs anything. I just throw it in my pack, down load the pics real quick right at the camera. Then I can delete the card and return it to the game camera. Review, keep or delete pictures as needed on the spot and it gives me way better picture quality on the spot as compared to the digital I used to use.

[Todd_ID]

One thing to keep in mind is that older digital cameras may not work with the newer cards.  SD is not the same as SDHC.  Most of the newer cards are SDHC, and I wasn't able to read them in my older camera where the regular SD works fine.  Try it before you count on it working in the field.  I got bit by it.

[Griz231]

I used to just pull the card and check it on a small Sony digital camera. Then I found Apple had a card adaptor for the iPad. That changed everything, the iPad hardly weighs anything. I just throw it in my pack, down load the pics real quick right at the camera. Then I can delete the card and return it to the game camera. Review, keep or delete pictures as needed on the spot and it gives me way better picture quality on the spot as compared to the digital I used to use.

iPhone would probably work too right?

[Biggerhammer]

I haven't tried it? I have one but for some reason I felt it wouldn't down load 2000 plus pics at a time. Guess I'll try it just to see if it will.

[huntnnw]

that would be nice if it worked on the iphone

[notellumcreek]

They sell memory cards that are the game cam size that come with a pullout mini SD card that fits in most cell phones now!  We just pop out the little SD card and into the phone it goes right there.

[Griz231]

I haven't tried it? I have one but for some reason I felt it wouldn't down load 2000 plus pics at a time. Guess I'll try it just to see if it will.

Let me know if you try it on your iphone. I'm gonna order one of these up regardless.  Just curious if it works the same way.
Just view the pics rather than actually download them to the phone. 

[superdown]

They sell memory cards that are the game cam size that come with a pullout mini SD card that fits in most cell phones now!  We just pop out the little SD card and into the phone it goes right there.

[HornHoarder]

I find it easier, and quicker to have extra sd cards, and just swap them out.