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I've only been playing with trail cameras a few years but here's some of my experience. Should I change any camera settings? Low resolution? Longer or shorter delay? Single photo vs. 3 photos? You'll have enough space with 8GB for high resolution and would set it to 3 photos just in case the animal is passing by quickly.Should I purchase and install a larger SD card? 8GB is probably plenty, especially if you stay on picture mode. I like to set mine to 60 seconds of video and leave it out for months and have never been full on a 16GB. Are there specific cards I should purchase? I've read that I shouldn't use a high speed card, but the instructions don't mention that. I usually buy the cheapest ones I can find on Amazon and never had a failure in 3 years with 4 cameras. Should I purchase a card viewer? Otherwise, I need to replace the card, and bring the first card back to camp, to view on my laptop.I swap cards and check it with my laptop later... but I'm cheap.Any other tips or suggestions would be wonderful! Always, every single time you are setting up your camera, double check the date and time, the settings you want and format the memory card in the camera. Use the format feature that every camera has and format that sucker just before you walk away. Remember it will remove everything from that card and cannot be undeleted. Watch for branches and plants that may sway in the wind. Bear really like to mess with cameras. I try to set it up high and angle it down, but you might miss small critters.I prefer cameras that use AA batteries, I haven't really liked the two D battery cameras I've tried.Have fun camping!
Deleting all of the photos does not reformat the card. Reformatting the card on your computer may not work depending on how the computer decides to format it. Read the instructions for your camera and reformat it in the camera every time, not on a computer or a card reader. You will never have a problem unless the card is damaged, then you will know because the camera will give an error when attempting to format.(It's always a good idea to format memory cards in the device that will be writing the image.)
I've formatted cards in a couple of different laptops for a dozen different camera models. Never ever had a problem with a laptop for formatting.