first pic with new cam

maverick101 · 08-13-2007, 08:20 PM

I put it out saturday morning and this one was taken saturday night, there was one more a hour later but was out of frame.

nehunter88 · 08-13-2007, 10:23 PM

Is that with the new Moultrie?

maverick101 · 08-13-2007, 11:04 PM

yes its the D-40 4.0. not bad.

nehunter88 · 08-14-2007, 08:37 AM

If I have a problem with it, it might be the color. Since it is black it tends to stick out like a sore thumb when attacted at a tree on a trail. I try to point my camera lengthwise down the trail so it has more time to capture a deer in the picture. Of course this mean when the deer are going towards the camera they can see this big black thing strapped to a tree in front of them. I had always thought painting the trail cams camo was more for us then the deer. But after seeing mine on a tree I changed my mind. I may have to take the camera out of the shell, and do some camo painting of my own. Of course that would be after some of the newness wears off.

BPbowhunter · 08-14-2007, 09:22 AM

Nice lookin doe. This reminds me that I need to get my camera back out now.

obert · 08-14-2007, 09:23 AM

Looks great to me. I think they are looking like a good cam and a lot of people are satisfied with them. Those cams are $99 right?

BPbowhunter · 08-14-2007, 09:25 AM

Is that one of the moultrie digitals, or is it a film one?

maverick101 · 08-14-2007, 10:34 AM

Yes its 99 bucks

and digital. As far as standing out, I dont think it matters. I stuck the block out there that afternoon and she walked right past it like it wasnt there. So i dont think hanging a cam on a tree is going to matter to them and mine was being held on with blue bungie cords.

obert · 08-14-2007, 01:06 PM

http://www.swivelsafe.com/index.html

I thought I'd pass this along for anyone who is interested. A friend of mine makes these boxes. I use them on my cameras just to prevent damage and at the least, deter theft. If someone really really wants the camera I'm sure nothing is fool proof.

I thought this might be useful to some of you with trail cams. I bought mine unfinished and painted the box camo with spray paint, added a lock and cable. So far so good.

nehunter88 · 08-14-2007, 04:45 PM

Maybe you guys can help me out. I know my monitor is a little dark. I've brightened it up as much as I can and still some pictures seem way to dark. Many times I've had to lighten up my trail cam pics to see them properly.

Here's the same picture. The first is left normal and the second is after I lightened it up a bit. For me the second picture looks better. How about the rest of you. Is the second one too bright?

By the way, these pictures didn't come from my Moultrie. They came from my Wildview.

BPbowhunter · 08-14-2007, 05:02 PM

The first one looks best to me, but the second is still pretty good.

maverick101 · 08-14-2007, 05:22 PM

I dont care what it looks like but how it will taste.

GenericAngler · 08-14-2007, 05:31 PM

The deer looks about the same in both of them....The green looks washed out in the 2nd pic. (The colors in the first one are actually pretty good.)

nehunter88 · 08-14-2007, 06:01 PM

Looks like I need a new monitor, this one is just too dark.

**Catfishsteve** · 08-14-2007, 06:23 PM

Yeah, the background is darker in the first one. They really both look OK to me here at work. Of course, I'm on a 20" monitor here.

GenericAngler · 08-14-2007, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Catfishsteve

Yeah, the background is darker in the first one. They really both look OK to me here at work. Of course, I'm on a 20" monitor here.

Ditto....When I posted above I was looking at the first picture on my 20" flatscreen at work...and the colors in the first picture looked perfect (the greens were really vibrant). Now I am at home on one of my beat up old laptops the first picture looks a tad dark....Sometimes you just can't tell until you get prints made.

clucker · 08-14-2007, 10:28 PM

for a $99 trail cam it looks great. I personally would be happy with the way it turned out originally. Both pics look good to me.

nehunter88 · 08-15-2007, 08:50 AM

Actually the two pictures of the same doe aren't from the $99 Moultrie. That picture was taken with the $50 Wildview.

I've always liked the pictures I get with the Wildview, but that camera is too slow for a trail. You need something to stop the deer if you want them in the picture. The Moultrie is faster, though I also have some empty pictures there too.

cougarw · 08-16-2007, 11:06 AM

Both pics look fine to me. I just picked up my first camera yesterday. Got the wildview at menards for $59. Hope it works ok, seems a little slow in the liveing room though.

nehunter88 · 08-16-2007, 05:24 PM

That's the Wildview I've used for quite a while. I like the pictures, but like you said it is slow. If you put some corn or a mineral block in front of it you should be fine. I will say the flash won't be good too far out, so put the block close to the camera.

08-13-2007, 08:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
maverick101 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: omaha Posts: 401 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 1 Post	first pic with new cam I put it out saturday morning and this one was taken saturday night, there was one more a hour later but was out of frame.

08-13-2007, 10:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
nehunter88 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 141 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Is that with the new Moultrie? __________________ Whoever said cats always land on their feet wasn't throwing them right.-Anonymous

08-14-2007, 08:37 AM	#4 (permalink)
nehunter88 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 141 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	If I have a problem with it, it might be the color. Since it is black it tends to stick out like a sore thumb when attacted at a tree on a trail. I try to point my camera lengthwise down the trail so it has more time to capture a deer in the picture. Of course this mean when the deer are going towards the camera they can see this big black thing strapped to a tree in front of them. I had always thought painting the trail cams camo was more for us then the deer. But after seeing mine on a tree I changed my mind. I may have to take the camera out of the shell, and do some camo painting of my own. Of course that would be after some of the newness wears off. __________________ Whoever said cats always land on their feet wasn't throwing them right.-Anonymous

08-14-2007, 09:22 AM	#5 (permalink)
BPbowhunter 2007 NEFGA Outdoorsman Of The Year Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Broken Bow Posts: 2,512 Thanks: 8 Thanked 32 Times in 24 Posts	Nice lookin doe. This reminds me that I need to get my camera back out now. __________________ Whackin' Woodies Waterfowl Crew "Look, a pair of singles!"

08-14-2007, 09:25 AM	#7 (permalink)
BPbowhunter 2007 NEFGA Outdoorsman Of The Year Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Broken Bow Posts: 2,512 Thanks: 8 Thanked 32 Times in 24 Posts	Is that one of the moultrie digitals, or is it a film one? __________________ Whackin' Woodies Waterfowl Crew "Look, a pair of singles!"

08-13-2007, 11:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
maverick101 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: omaha Posts: 401 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 1 Post	yes its the D-40 4.0. not bad.

08-14-2007, 09:23 AM	#6 (permalink)
obert Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: W. Omaha Posts: 1,735 Thanks: 33 Thanked 27 Times in 19 Posts	Looks great to me. I think they are looking like a good cam and a lot of people are satisfied with them. Those cams are $99 right?

08-14-2007, 10:34 AM	#8 (permalink)
maverick101 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: omaha Posts: 401 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 1 Post	Yes its 99 bucks and digital. As far as standing out, I dont think it matters. I stuck the block out there that afternoon and she walked right past it like it wasnt there. So i dont think hanging a cam on a tree is going to matter to them and mine was being held on with blue bungie cords.

08-14-2007, 01:06 PM	#9 (permalink)
obert Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: W. Omaha Posts: 1,735 Thanks: 33 Thanked 27 Times in 19 Posts	http://www.swivelsafe.com/index.html I thought I'd pass this along for anyone who is interested. A friend of mine makes these boxes. I use them on my cameras just to prevent damage and at the least, deter theft. If someone really really wants the camera I'm sure nothing is fool proof. I thought this might be useful to some of you with trail cams. I bought mine unfinished and painted the box camo with spray paint, added a lock and cable. So far so good.

08-14-2007, 04:45 PM	#10 (permalink)
nehunter88 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 141 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Maybe you guys can help me out. I know my monitor is a little dark. I've brightened it up as much as I can and still some pictures seem way to dark. Many times I've had to lighten up my trail cam pics to see them properly. Here's the same picture. The first is left normal and the second is after I lightened it up a bit. For me the second picture looks better. How about the rest of you. Is the second one too bright? By the way, these pictures didn't come from my Moultrie. They came from my Wildview. __________________ Whoever said cats always land on their feet wasn't throwing them right.-Anonymous

08-14-2007, 05:02 PM	#11 (permalink)
BPbowhunter 2007 NEFGA Outdoorsman Of The Year Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Broken Bow Posts: 2,512 Thanks: 8 Thanked 32 Times in 24 Posts	The first one looks best to me, but the second is still pretty good. __________________ Whackin' Woodies Waterfowl Crew "Look, a pair of singles!"

08-14-2007, 05:22 PM	#12 (permalink)
maverick101 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: omaha Posts: 401 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 1 Post	I dont care what it looks like but how it will taste.

08-14-2007, 05:31 PM	#13 (permalink)
GenericAngler Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: the Weeping Water Posts: 1,333 Thanks: 15 Thanked 9 Times in 5 Posts	The deer looks about the same in both of them....The green looks washed out in the 2nd pic. (The colors in the first one are actually pretty good.) __________________ Don't underestimate the appeal of a 10" carp to someone who has been locked inside the cabin since ice up.

08-14-2007, 06:01 PM	#14 (permalink)
nehunter88 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 141 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Looks like I need a new monitor, this one is just too dark. __________________ Whoever said cats always land on their feet wasn't throwing them right.-Anonymous

08-14-2007, 06:23 PM	#15 (permalink)
Catfishsteve Director Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Plattsmouth, NE Posts: 6,847 Thanks: 22 Thanked 114 Times in 35 Posts	Yeah, the background is darker in the first one. They really both look OK to me here at work. Of course, I'm on a 20" monitor here.

08-14-2007, 10:28 PM	#17 (permalink)
clucker Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Bend Certified Youth Fishing Instructor Posts: 584 Thanks: 19 Thanked 11 Times in 9 Posts	for a $99 trail cam it looks great. I personally would be happy with the way it turned out originally. Both pics look good to me. __________________ The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything that they have.

08-15-2007, 08:50 AM	#18 (permalink)
nehunter88 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 141 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Actually the two pictures of the same doe aren't from the $99 Moultrie. That picture was taken with the $50 Wildview. I've always liked the pictures I get with the Wildview, but that camera is too slow for a trail. You need something to stop the deer if you want them in the picture. The Moultrie is faster, though I also have some empty pictures there too. __________________ Whoever said cats always land on their feet wasn't throwing them right.-Anonymous

08-16-2007, 11:06 AM	#19 (permalink)
cougarw 2007 NEFGA Outdoorsman Of The Year Finalist Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In the wild Posts: 1,478 Thanks: 7 Thanked 15 Times in 11 Posts	Both pics look fine to me. I just picked up my first camera yesterday. Got the wildview at menards for $59. Hope it works ok, seems a little slow in the liveing room though.

08-16-2007, 05:24 PM	#20 (permalink)
nehunter88 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 141 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	That's the Wildview I've used for quite a while. I like the pictures, but like you said it is slow. If you put some corn or a mineral block in front of it you should be fine. I will say the flash won't be good too far out, so put the block close to the camera. __________________ Whoever said cats always land on their feet wasn't throwing them right.-Anonymous

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