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Title: Checking your Trail Cam in the Field
Post by: Griz231 on August 10, 2012, 12:39:33 PM
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.  :chuckle:  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. 

 :twocents: :twocents: :twocents:

It's ok if you mock me for being a bit slow on thinking of this.
Title: Re: Checking your Trail Cam in the Field
Post by: KimberRich on August 10, 2012, 12:54:21 PM
 :chuckle:

I wont comment on you being slow..

Glad you didn't waste the $$ to go and buy a viewer.
Title: Re: Checking your Trail Cam in the Field
Post by: CAMPMEAT on August 10, 2012, 12:55:34 PM
I use my little Nikon Coolpix for my SD card viewer. Works great.
Title: Re: Checking your Trail Cam in the Field
Post by: Griz231 on August 10, 2012, 12:55:58 PM
:chuckle:

I wont comment on you being slow..

Glad you didn't waste the $$ to go and buy a viewer.
I appreciate that.
Title: Re: Checking your Trail Cam in the Field
Post by: h20hunter on August 10, 2012, 12:58:34 PM
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.
Title: Re: Checking your Trail Cam in the Field
Post by: Griz231 on August 10, 2012, 01:06:25 PM
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
Title: Re: Checking your Trail Cam in the Field
Post by: Biggerhammer on August 10, 2012, 01:31:47 PM
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.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi90.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk269%2Flandonmoses%2Fphoto-183.jpg&hash=4dc89277fe9d1671af56d49ac862edbade7b5203)
Title: Re: Checking your Trail Cam in the Field
Post by: Todd_ID on August 10, 2012, 02:02:07 PM
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.
Title: Re: Checking your Trail Cam in the Field
Post by: Griz231 on August 10, 2012, 09:45:24 PM
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.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi90.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk269%2Flandonmoses%2Fphoto-183.jpg&hash=4dc89277fe9d1671af56d49ac862edbade7b5203)

iPhone would probably work too right?
Title: Re: Checking your Trail Cam in the Field
Post by: Biggerhammer on August 10, 2012, 10:13:53 PM
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.
Title: Re: Checking your Trail Cam in the Field
Post by: huntnnw on August 12, 2012, 10:06:49 PM
that would be nice if it worked on the iphone
Title: Re: Checking your Trail Cam in the Field
Post by: notellumcreek on August 13, 2012, 09:44:10 AM
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!  :tup: We just pop out the little SD card and into the phone it goes right there.
Title: Re: Checking your Trail Cam in the Field
Post by: Griz231 on August 13, 2012, 09:59:33 AM
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. 
Title: Re: Checking your Trail Cam in the Field
Post by: superdown on August 13, 2012, 10:26:45 AM
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!  :tup: We just pop out the little SD card and into the phone it goes right there.
:yeah:
Title: Re: Checking your Trail Cam in the Field
Post by: HornHoarder on August 13, 2012, 10:45:37 AM
I find it easier, and quicker to have extra sd cards, and just swap them out.
Title: Re: Checking your Trail Cam in the Field
Post by: Griz231 on August 13, 2012, 10:50:43 AM
I find it easier, and quicker to have extra sd cards, and just swap them out.

I do that too, but I always like to see what's on the camera so I know if I should move it or not.
Title: Re: Checking your Trail Cam in the Field
Post by: brackens on August 13, 2012, 11:32:48 AM
The only issue that I have is that these card readers for the ipad require that the images be in a dcim folder.  I dont think the wild game photos are in a dcim folder but I may be wrong.
Title: Re: Checking your Trail Cam in the Field
Post by: Fishstiq on August 14, 2012, 10:24:03 AM
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.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi90.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk269%2Flandonmoses%2Fphoto-183.jpg&hash=4dc89277fe9d1671af56d49ac862edbade7b5203)

iPhone would probably work too right?

Yes, Iphone works too.  DCIM for the wildgame cams is fine, I use an Ipad like Bighammer with my wildgame camera and it works great.  Fast transfer from card to Ipad/Iphone, erase and replace card, and you are outta there.
Title: Re: Checking your Trail Cam in the Field
Post by: brackens on August 15, 2012, 01:23:22 PM
This is great news.  I will order the apple card reader today.

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.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi90.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk269%2Flandonmoses%2Fphoto-183.jpg&hash=4dc89277fe9d1671af56d49ac862edbade7b5203)

iPhone would probably work too right?

Yes, Iphone works too.  DCIM for the wildgame cams is fine, I use an Ipad like Bighammer with my wildgame camera and it works great.  Fast transfer from card to Ipad/Iphone, erase and replace card, and you are outta there.
Title: Re: Checking your Trail Cam in the Field
Post by: SkookumHntr on August 15, 2012, 01:39:02 PM
I have acouple spypoint g4 cams and the pics wont show up on my camera to view in the field, works when i put the sd card in my laptop tho.. idk if i need to get the spypoint viewer just to view in the field, kinda urks me >:( Its not the card or the point&shoot camera either becouse the sdhc cards work fine in my other t-cams.. Anybody have the spypoint viewer and know if it works on bushnell t-cam pics aswell??
Title: Re: Checking your Trail Cam in the Field
Post by: Turner89 on August 18, 2012, 02:48:26 PM
I find it easier, and quicker to have extra sd cards, and just swap them out.
:yeah:
Title: Re: Checking your Trail Cam in the Field
Post by: 300winmag on August 18, 2012, 10:35:58 PM
you can also put the sd card in a wii it works great once you have the card at home i always have 3 or 4 other cards to swap out the one in the cam when checking the cam if i like the pics on the card then i take it home and pop it in the wii :twocents:
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