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Title: Cuddeback Capture?
Post by: alecvg on June 10, 2009, 07:54:47 AM: So I am looking at getting a trail camara, what I want is a leaf river, but I just cant afford almost $400. So now I am lloking at the Cuddeback Capture. Does anyone on here us these, are the good? And is says delay is as slow as 30 seconds.. is that good? Sorry if I am asking stupid questions, I don't know much about these trail camaras.
Thanks
Title: Re: Cuddeback Capture?
Post by: backwoods_boy on June 10, 2009, 08:06:31 AM: Honestly, the best one for the money right now in MY opinion is this one.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000YADEOK
its on sale right now and a very nice camera.
takes great pics.
you can see mine in here a ton.
Title: Re: Cuddeback Capture?
Post by: Slider on June 10, 2009, 08:08:56 AM: I believe the 30 seconds is not the delay time? It is the recovery time. (The time it takes to process the information after it takes a picture untill the camera is able to take another picture.) It use to be one minute. Althou trail cameras are able to take pictures in a burst mode.(2 or 3 pictures one right after another)

Here is a site for Trail Camera reveiws. Do some reading here and then decide.

http://www.chasingame.com/
Title: Re: Cuddeback Capture?
Post by: alecvg on June 10, 2009, 08:10:35 AM: Quote from: backwoods_boy on June 10, 2009, 08:06:31 AM
Honestly, the best one for the money right now in MY opinion is this one.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000YADEOK
its on sale right now and a very nice camera.
takes great pics.
you can see mine in here a ton.

That too looks awsome, man, can't decide, I will have todo some research. How do you like Moultrie? How long does the battery last for you?
Thanks Again
Title: Re: Cuddeback Capture?
Post by: alecvg on June 10, 2009, 08:11:43 AM: Quote from: Slider on June 10, 2009, 08:08:56 AM
I believe the 30 seconds is not the delay time? It is the recovery time. (The time it takes to process the information after it takes a picture untill the camera is able to take another picture.) It use to be one minute. Althou trail cameras are able to take pictures in a burst mode.(2 or 3 pictures one right after another)

Here is a site for Trail Camera reveiws. Do some reading here and then decide.

http://www.chasingame.com/

Okay, that makes more sence, thanks. Does that mean after each pic, it has to wait 30 seconds for it to process before it can take the next pic?
Title: Re: Cuddeback Capture?
Post by: Slider on June 10, 2009, 08:22:45 AM: Yes. The I40 is a good camera but it has a slow trigger speed. You need to use bait in front of the camera to hold the animal while it takes a picture.(3 seconds)Trigger speed is the amount of time it take for the camera to wake up from sleep mode until it takes a picture. So the camera senses motion wakes up and then takes a picture. The Cuddeback has a 1/2 second trigger speed. So you won't miss an animal that walks by.
Title: Re: Cuddeback Capture?
Post by: alecvg on June 10, 2009, 08:26:16 AM: What would you suggest slider? Get the Cuddeback for $200 or the Moultrie for $164?
Title: Re: Cuddeback Capture?
Post by: backwoods_boy on June 10, 2009, 08:42:49 AM: well i have no arguments... but we have had our camera out for 3 weeks and not had to change the battery.
we have caught all of our animals in the act and the trigger speed has not been a problem for us.
for the money you cant go wrong with it.
look at some of my trail cam postings and you will see.
8)
Title: Re: Cuddeback Capture?
Post by: Craig on June 10, 2009, 08:43:56 AM: use a capture and am real happy with the speed. It is a lot better then my d40.

here is a bear just passing through.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv411%2Ftruck1%2FCDY_0001.jpg&hash=412b6bd33427ecc1071405a8e82d6c99389e6624)

here is a coyote coming in.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv411%2Ftruck1%2FCDY_0011.jpg&hash=2a880d2622457ed71dff15fe4aabc48f652ce27d)
Title: Re: Cuddeback Capture?
Post by: alecvg on June 10, 2009, 04:42:05 PM: Awsome guys, thanks for the advice.
Title: Re: Cuddeback Capture?
Post by: SHANE(WA) on June 10, 2009, 06:04:39 PM: I40 hands down for the money, i put batterys in mine last year in may and it hung continously till dec with no batt change
Title: Re: Cuddeback Capture?
Post by: backwoods_boy on June 10, 2009, 11:22:41 PM: the I-40 with camo duct tape custom on it....
:chuckle:
Title: Re: Cuddeback Capture?
Post by: mkcj on June 11, 2009, 01:23:47 AM: I just bought 2 of these from a guy on EBay that I have bought 3 other game cameras from him paid $102 and $107 for these Stealth Cam I430IR Infrared Digital and for that price you get a 1GB SD card and 6 batteries
Title: Re: Cuddeback Capture?
Post by: Bob33 on June 11, 2009, 08:30:06 AM: I repeat the earlier question: "What would you suggest? Get the Cuddeback for $200 or the Moultrie for $164? "

I've been looking at both. It appears that the primary difference is trigger speed: how important is that? Also, the Moultrie has an IR flash while the Capture does not. How important is that?

Thanks for all the input.
Title: Re: Cuddeback Capture?
Post by: backwoods_boy on June 11, 2009, 08:39:09 AM: I-40 :twocents:
Title: Re: Cuddeback Capture?
Post by: Craig on June 11, 2009, 08:45:37 AM: Capture.

Way faster. You can get the IR capture for about $20 more then the regular capture.
Title: Re: Cuddeback Capture?
Post by: Slider on June 11, 2009, 08:55:11 AM: I would rate trigger speed/picture qulity #1
And then battery life #2
Title: Re: Cuddeback Capture?
Post by: Bob33 on June 11, 2009, 09:22:29 AM: I should add that picture quality is not as important to me as capturing an image. I want to know if a deer or elk walked by; I don't need to know to the exact inch how large it is.

All the Cuddleback IR models that I can see online are around $250: $50 more, not $20 more.
Title: Re: Cuddeback Capture?
Post by: Slider on June 11, 2009, 10:15:51 AM: http://www.outdoorsexperience.com/cuddebackcaptureir.html
Title: Re: Cuddeback Capture?
Post by: Bob33 on June 11, 2009, 11:48:46 AM: Is IR really worth $30?
Title: Re: Cuddeback Capture?
Post by: backwoods_boy on June 11, 2009, 11:50:47 AM: yes!
Title: Re: Cuddeback Capture?
Post by: LOVHUNTIN on June 11, 2009, 04:49:02 PM: just got the two pack of wildlive extreme 2.0 from cabelas for 130 and they are exactly what i paid for. very slow trigger speed... you get what you pay for but they might get stolen anyways...