Very good camera with small animal problems
I now have my second camera here, which I love to test and have enough opportunities here with me to do just that, with nocturnal visitors who always drop by the compost to see if there isn't something delicious in it again, and people like to see what they come to visit.
The camera comes with the standard, buckle, batteries, a manual, USB cable, SD card and a tripod attachment. Actually everything you need.
We'll start with the manual, which is finally well structured and is not written in completely broken German. The instructions in it are also well done and point out what you can watch and set on the camera and also give a few examples of how to understand them.
The camera itself has been solidly made. We have two fixed clamps that hold the whole thing together, sealed with a rubber ring around the housing so that no water gets in. It then contains the battery compartment under a cover and the manual control that you need in the beginning.
Because the manual is really well done here, I can also understand the menu navigation in the camera, and that is really much easier than with others, someone has thought about it here.
It is interesting that all these settings can also be made via mobile phone. There is a QR code in the manual for an app that you can install yourself, with which, when the setting is activated, you can set up the camera via WiFi. There is also a local access point to which you can connect and with which you can then see the image and also make settings. This really helps when taking pictures, as you don't have to guess whether the camera is correctly positioned or not.
The camera's battery consumption is not bad, it's really limited. My other one runs out of 8 batteries in 24 hours, that's bad. I was still able to continue here after 4 days. This is a huge improvement over other cameras, and saves a lot of work and battery waste. Of course, you can also run the whole thing with batteries and thus have even less battery waste.
The camera image is good! You can easily see what kind of animals and, above all, which markers these animals have, which can be used to find returning guests. That's good enough and doesn't have to have anything anymore, 1080p at night is excellent. The range of the IR LEDs here is also wide enough so that you can really see a lot, there is a lot of power behind, I have to say.
The only thing where the camera has weakened, which is a bit of a shame, is the motion detection. Small animals that spend less time in front of the camera will not trigger the camera or the camera is too slow to release. Not a problem with large animals, but that's one of those things with smaller ones, at least I noticed that it doesn't always work with small animals. It should be at least marten in size.
Still a really good wildlife camera, and it gets 5 stars with it. Very easy to use, clear images and videos even at night, battery consumption is super regulated here, and the Wifi AP is a really big help. Someone really thought about that and implemented a lot of QoL, I think it's great.
