Post by: jrebel on December 21, 2022, 01:59:51 PM
Just bought 4 of them which brings my total to 8 of this exact same camera. 75 dollars shipped to my door per camera is a stupid good price for this camera.
I have had 0 issues and have had 2 of them out for 2 years now. Never seen them sub 100 dollars.
Get them while they last.
They have a built in viewer that allows you to look over your pictures at remote areas without having to take the SD card out to view them. Great for finding new spots.
Post by: Born2late on December 21, 2022, 02:58:35 PM
Post by: bigdub257 on December 21, 2022, 03:11:37 PM
Post by: jrebel on December 21, 2022, 04:05:53 PM
What. Batteries does it use? It says 6. Doesn’t say what size
6 AA batteries
Post by: jrebel on December 21, 2022, 04:08:14 PM
Post by: Born2late on December 21, 2022, 04:24:33 PM
Post by: lee on December 22, 2022, 07:27:52 AM
Post by: jrebel on December 22, 2022, 07:36:27 AM
Does anyone know of a "Bear Box" that these will fit in?
I don’t and that is a problem with such a nice camera. I hang mine higher in the tree pointing down toward the trail which has helped. Been lucky thus far. Even the one that got chewed on still works. :bash:
Post by: hunter399 on December 22, 2022, 08:24:13 AM
Post by: bornhunter on December 22, 2022, 05:15:29 PM
Post by: huntnnw on December 22, 2022, 05:46:10 PM
Post by: jrebel on December 22, 2022, 06:02:27 PM
Still way to much for a camera for me. A built in viewer is useless to me. Can’t save, poor image viewing to name a few, probably painfully slow to look at thousands of pics. Way to easy these days to load on phones and save and delete with a way bigger screen
I would have agreed with you up till about two years ago when I bought these cameras. I will also say, as good as they are...they are not worth 200 dollars. They are very worth every penny of 75 shipped to my door. Couple reasons I like this view finder....
1. The quality is outstanding and it allows you to zoom in on the pics. Very nice quality and very fast as well. Matter of fact, it will flip through photos way faster than my iphone when it comes to download and then look at. All that being said....no way am I going to look at thousands of pics on the view finder.
2. I use the view finder to check out what has been hitting the camera the few days prior to my arrival. Is it worth sitting in that stand, or do I move on. If the activity is not on that camera at that time, in my case likely due to cougar activity, I just move a couple ridges over.
3. Immediate feedback that the camera is pointed in the area I want it pointed. When I climb a tree I want to know before I leave for a month or two that the picture is framed the way I want it. Set it....walk through the picture frame a couple times....check it....adjust or leave it based on the picture.
4. I always take in extra SD cards to switch out...but I like having the ability to check what has been moving around at the moment I'm climbing into my stand.
Again....this view finder is second to none. I have purchased cheap view finders for SD cards and all of them have been garbage....this is in a different class.
But...to each their own. There are 10,000 ways to skin a cat and this is just one of them.
Post by: jrebel on December 28, 2022, 04:44:34 PM
Post by: Born2late on December 30, 2022, 06:13:26 PM
Post by: bornhunter on December 30, 2022, 09:58:02 PM
Post by: Born2late on December 31, 2022, 02:26:17 PM
Post by: hunter399 on March 18, 2023, 11:06:51 AM
Still way to much for a camera for me. A built in viewer is useless to me. Can’t save, poor image viewing to name a few, probably painfully slow to look at thousands of pics. Way to easy these days to load on phones and save and delete with a way bigger screenI have to admit ,I agree.
But if you want or need these options in a cam.
Does seem like a good deal.
Post by: powderbounder on June 01, 2023, 06:26:08 PM
Post by: jrebel on June 01, 2023, 08:22:42 PM
These are now discontinued I take it?? If it’s the camera in the link I believe so.
That would really suck if they are. They are fantastic cameras that take great day and night photos. The battery life is also very good. Would be the story of my trail cam life.....about the time you find a good one, they discontinue it. Same held true with the Moultrie A35 series that you could buy for sub 70 dollars......great camera.
Thankfully I have 6 of them waiting to get deployed this summer.
Post by: powderbounder on June 01, 2023, 08:40:21 PM
Post by: Alan K on June 01, 2023, 08:56:34 PM
https://www.natchezss.com/bog-18mp-clandestine-black-flash-game-camera-ph1116327
Post by: Sliverslinger on June 01, 2023, 10:23:54 PM
The 18 MP version has a fire sale going on. I grabbed a bunch.
https://www.natchezss.com/bog-18mp-clandestine-black-flash-game-camera-ph1116327
Much appreciated. I picked up several as well. For that price I’ll give it a whirl.
Post by: Dan-o on June 01, 2023, 10:28:00 PM
The 18 MP version has a fire sale going on. I grabbed a bunch.
https://www.natchezss.com/bog-18mp-clandestine-black-flash-game-camera-ph1116327
That's a crazy deal.
Thanks for posting.
Post by: jrebel on June 01, 2023, 10:30:25 PM
Post by: Born2late on June 02, 2023, 07:04:46 AM
Post by: Buckhunter24 on June 02, 2023, 07:32:03 AM
Post by: CamoDup on June 02, 2023, 08:36:49 AM
Post by: luvmystang67 on June 02, 2023, 09:49:46 AM
I've had pretty good luck with my bushnells and have bear boxes for all of them. None of them have died on their own yet, but a few have been eaten (hence the bear boxes).
Post by: jrebel on June 02, 2023, 09:59:28 AM
Couple low light snow pics.
Post by: jrebel on June 02, 2023, 10:04:47 AM
Post by: jrebel on June 02, 2023, 10:09:49 AM
Post by: JakeLand on June 02, 2023, 03:19:37 PM
Post by: OltHunter on June 02, 2023, 03:49:09 PM
Thanks for the info, heads up, and pics. Picked up 3 this morning
Post by: jrebel on June 02, 2023, 04:24:48 PM
Jrebel is top BOG salesman this quarter!
Thanks for the info, heads up, and pics. Picked up 3 this morning
:tup: :tup: :tup: I want a commission. :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
I have ran pretty much all of the major brands. Their are lots of great cameras out there. The notable differences in cameras is motion pics and night time pics. A lot of the cheap cameras take great day time pics but very grainy night pics. The cheap cameras also lack in the flash distance for night pics. Everyone once in a while you find a cheap good camera that excels (this bog is one of them at this price)....but most times you get what you pay for. I have also found that the big animals are mostly nocturnal in the summer, so I want cameras that take good night pics. I could post pics from moultrie, bog, bushnell, etc. etc. etc.....and people could draw their own conclusions. Heck cheap bushnell vs. expensive bushnell and so on. The real screwy thing about trail cameras.....About the time you find a good one, the manufacturer discontinues it and builds a camera to take it's place...THAT SUCKS!!! Moultrie did this about 5 years ago.... :bash: :bash: :bash:
Post by: Alan K on June 02, 2023, 04:40:36 PM
The only thing that is taking some getting used to for me is the field of zoom seems odd relative to other cams I've ran. Almost feels like it is zoomed a bit, which really means it's just a narrow field of view. Excellent quality pictures though like jrebel has posted.
I will say when I grabbed some of the 22 mp ones I was having issues, but realized I needed to update the firmware. Since updating, all is well. I updated the firmware on these 18's out of the gate and everything seemed good on the test pics. We'll see in a month or so what came by.
Post by: OltHunter on June 05, 2023, 10:14:01 PM
Post by: huntnnw on June 05, 2023, 10:37:50 PM
Post by: huntnnw on June 05, 2023, 10:40:26 PM
Post by: jrebel on June 06, 2023, 06:43:54 AM
Post by: huntnnw on June 06, 2023, 06:47:20 AM
Post by: grundy53 on June 06, 2023, 07:12:50 AM
Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk
Post by: birdshooter1189 on June 06, 2023, 07:24:28 AM
Post by: powderbounder on June 11, 2023, 07:02:21 PM
Post by: jrebel on June 11, 2023, 07:33:09 PM
What delay between pics do you guys like? Is it best to set your camera to its fullest MP?
I always leave my cameras on the highest quality and most megapixel. Setting depends on location and the amount of activity of location. Ex. I have two cameras on food plots and a water trough. I set those to 3 picture burst / series every 3 minutes. I have other cameras that I set to 3 picture burst / series every 5 seconds. If I did 5 seconds on the water trough, I would have 10's of thousands of pictures in just a few days time and it would be of the same couple groups of animals.
I had a moose lay by my salt block on night that had a 5 second setting and I had 200 thousand pics of the same moose liking my salt block. :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: snake on June 11, 2023, 07:34:41 PM
Post by: LITTLEBUCK on June 18, 2023, 09:04:47 AM
Post by: jrebel on June 18, 2023, 09:10:17 AM
My cams just showed up. went to eject the Dominion to install batteries and it will not come out. Push eject and it releases but will not come out. Has to be something simple that this old fart cant figure out. Help
Press and hold while you grab to pull out. I had one that was a little tight at first and I had to use my knife to give a little assistance as a pry bar. It will loosen up. Also.....when you go to release them after the batteries are in them, you need to hold the button till the light turns green. You push the button and you will hear a click, hold it till the light turns green and you hear another click...that is the unit releasing.
Post by: LITTLEBUCK on June 18, 2023, 09:14:30 AM
Post by: jrebel on June 18, 2023, 09:18:05 AM
Got it. Brand new and tight is right. I was afraid to pull to hard and break it. Thank you
One think I really like about these cameras is they are tough. I was super afraid the failure point would be the in / out of the brain and the connections failing....but I have ran 2 of them now for 2 years and they still work amazing. I run mine 365 days a year so they are out in all weather conditions. I have since bought 10 more...so I have 100% faith in this camera and love the quality and ease of use.
Post by: JakeLand on June 19, 2023, 06:53:46 AM
Super easy to setup and built like a tank
Great pictures and videos
Tempted to buy a few more for the price
Post by: cjjcb on June 20, 2023, 06:35:05 PM
Thanks for the heads up…
Post by: huntnnw on June 20, 2023, 09:44:19 PM
Post by: scotsman on June 21, 2023, 06:16:01 AM
Post by: kodiak06 on June 28, 2023, 04:54:21 PM
Post by: jrebel on June 28, 2023, 07:38:57 PM
When on camera mode the batteries last forever. Easily 8-12 months depending on activity.
Post by: jrebel on July 05, 2023, 05:40:59 PM
Here are a couple videos.
Post by: jrebel on July 05, 2023, 05:44:10 PM
Post by: 92xj on July 22, 2023, 06:12:54 PM
I bought three, thinking that would be enough…well, I need one more as I walked up on 4 critters I really want to keep an eye on over the next month.
Post by: Dan-o on July 22, 2023, 06:42:33 PM
Another
He's chunky!
Post by: Born2late on December 12, 2023, 08:42:13 PM
Specifically west side blowing rain and snow. Reason I ask is I don’t see a way to adjust the sensitivity, the blowing rain and snow triggers it.also the rain and snow blurs the pictures, the only solution I can think of is to put a half a plastic jug over the top to keep the rain from hitting the lens. All my other cameras have a larger camera lens hole so it doesn’t grab the water as easy.
Wonder if anyone else has had this problem.
Any suggestions?
Love the cameras other than that.
Post by: jrebel on December 12, 2023, 09:23:00 PM
Post by: Born2late on December 13, 2023, 04:54:33 AM
Mine will trigger with blowing snow…..not rain. I hang mine higher in a tree and point it down at an angle to keep rain / water off the lenses as much as possible. I also hang mine under a big thick branch when possible to help protect it from weather. I do these things with all my cameras regardless of brand and have very few problems.Thanks, I’ll give that a try
Post by: birdshooter1189 on December 13, 2023, 06:28:20 AM
I've been thinking I should make milk jug covers for all my cameras to keep rain off them, just for good practice. With other cheap cameras I've had lots of trouble of water getting inside and corroding out the batteries. These bog cameras have been good for me so far, but I still think it would be good practice to keep the weather off them.
Post by: bornhunter on December 13, 2023, 08:44:17 AM