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Re: Best Trail Camera Comparison Chart 2015
« Reply #30 on: April 24, 2015, 09:14:35 AM »
I have continued to test the two cams out. I moved them to the front and have been aiming them at the road to capture neighbors driving by.
I left them both out and exposed to the rain storms  and both did just fine.
Both take nice photos. The Moultrie has slightly sharper images at night.
Blusmart motion detection seems to work better. They both captured things like vehicles, but I saw that on two separate occasions a neighbor walked by that the Blusmart captured and the Moultrie did not.
I measured the distances and one pedestrian was at 50 feet and the other at 57 feet.
My next test is going to be to set them back up in the back yard, mark distances at 10foot increments and attempt to trigger them in daylight and at night. I'll update my results when I get them.
Included here are a pic from the Blusmart and one from the Moultrie of the same vehicle. Both photos have been re-sized to accommodate the site.
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Re: Best Trail Camera Comparison Chart 2015
« Reply #31 on: April 24, 2015, 09:42:46 AM »
I had not heard of Bluesmart brand game cams but that looks like a pretty crisp pic.  I see that Amazon has them for $112 (53% off) at the moment.  Good reviews too. http://www.amazon.com/Blusmart-Megapixel-Waterproof-Hunting-Surveillance/dp/B00Q6GW2RG

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Re: Best Trail Camera Comparison Chart 2015
« Reply #32 on: April 24, 2015, 10:22:01 PM »
I ran some more tests.
I placed each camera side by side in the back yard set at "motion detection" with 60 second intervals and used small bamboo plant stakes to mark the distances at 20', 30', 40', 50', and 60'.
I went out while there was still good daylight and and again well after dark.
I would start at the 60' marker count to 65 Mississippi and move around a bit.
Then I would move forward to the 50' marker, counting to 65 Mississippi and move around a bit and repeat the process all the way through the markers and then forward to 10'.
The Moultrie gives zero indications when it takes photos, but the Blusmart has a double red blink that is noticeable if you're looking right at it.
The results showed that the Blusmart took photos when I started to make motions. The Moultrie took photos, but most of them were taken at unexpected moments. I would estimate they were taken after I had moved forward and had counted to around 30 Mississippi.
The Moultrie took better nighttime pics, but the timing of the pics is off. I'll have to run some more tests to figure out what's going on with it.
As for distances, the Moultrie took a couple out past 40' but I would place it where it is going to be within 30'-35' of a trail and probably make efforts to keep it well within that range.
The Blusmart detected motion out to the 60' marker but was very consistent within 50'.
Here are a couple of the nighttime pics at 20'

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Re: Best Trail Camera Comparison Chart 2015
« Reply #33 on: April 27, 2015, 11:42:52 AM »
Anyone with the moultrie m990, what kind of lock box or security do you have? Just ordered one and need to get something to lock it up in

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Re: Best Trail Camera Comparison Chart 2015
« Reply #34 on: April 27, 2015, 11:47:51 AM »


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Anyone with the moultrie m990, what kind of lock box or security do you have? Just ordered one and need to get something to lock it up in

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I got one of these:
http://www.amazon.com/Moultrie-Game-Camera-Security-Box/dp/B00AU6D9AW/ref=pd_sim_sg_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=0XCYSRB2S0T3NRQ40FGB
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Re: Best Trail Camera Comparison Chart 2015
« Reply #35 on: April 27, 2015, 03:04:02 PM »
That's the one I looked at but some reviews said it was too large for the 990. Anyone have the mini box?

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Re: Best Trail Camera Comparison Chart 2015
« Reply #36 on: April 27, 2015, 04:27:51 PM »
Hmm. That's weird, because mine fits exactly as advertised. I bet the reviewers that posted that didn't use the mounting bolt that's included.
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Re: Best Trail Camera Comparison Chart 2015
« Reply #37 on: April 27, 2015, 04:40:54 PM »
That makes sense. I'll try one and see. Thanks for the help  :tup:

 


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