2GBR Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Could the powers of blatchat recommend a battery or solar powered, motion activated wildlife camera to me please must be good but must be cheap (not for me but a friend) what have you got in your garden 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadsport06 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Is this any good? In tomorrow Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Kay Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Discussed in this thread, and I think there's more information in the archives somewhere. Jonathan Edited by - Jonathan Kay on 18 Jun 2014 18:41:38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2GBR Posted June 19, 2014 Author Share Posted June 19, 2014 Thank you i have advised the requester to have a look at the Aldi unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Kay Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 :-) It would be great to hear whether it's worth it. Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TobyCoulson Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Quoting Jonathan Kay: :-) It would be great to hear whether it's worth it. Jonathan Ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 I'm tempted, but it's a 20-mile round trip to my nearest Aldi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TobyCoulson Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Quoting Myles: I'm tempted, but it's a 20-mile round trip to my nearest Aldi. Use the 7 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Which one? I've two to feed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelico Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 It would be great to hear whether it's worth it. Lady Pelico has just been dispatched to the local Aldi. Will give an update at the weekend 😬 Might finally find out what is eating my French beans. My money is on a tiger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 This might be a stupid question, but do they remove unsold stock after the Thursday? If I get home at a sensible time tonight, I might try to pop over... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Ford Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Nope, it stays around until sold. Which isn't very long for really popular stuff, but I suspect these will be around a week or two. I'd be interested in feedback too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelico Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 OK. It is down in the paddock now on a tripod, but as far as I can see from the window birds are landing ON IT not in front of it  It comes with a full set of 8 batteries and a memory card, which is nice, and handy to know if you are giving it to a child as a gift. It is of course made of plastic and the build quality is a little below my M9 but is all seems to be fit for purpose. A bunch of nice menu features: Single shot Multiple shot Time lapse Video Still and video etc There is a design flaw that the tripod mount is on the rear opening panel, so you effectively can not use the screen (which is shut inside the device) to aim as it pivots away. The tripod mount is a boit shallow and I needed to shim it with a bit or cardboard to lack properly. But it does come with a tree/post strap and sort of minipod that you can screw or stake somewhere, just in case you do not want to leave your carbon fibre manfotto in the local park overnight. Pics / videos later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelico Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Test 1. Failed. Camera seemed to hang. Trying again. Move to the pond for a bit of Coot action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Ford Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 If you give up on that and return it, I believe this Bushnell is the "real thing" that the Aldi one is copied from. Think that's an old model - current ones seem more like £200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team Golf Juliet Tango Posted June 19, 2014 Leadership Team Share Posted June 19, 2014 Quoting Jonathan Kay: :-) It would be great to hear whether it's worth it. JonathanThat depends upon what is happening in the back garden! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 I've picked one up too. Set up on the patio with a bit of bacon and bread to entice something, anything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mort Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Uttings have a good selection, although not as cheap as the Aldi version. I've bought from them in the past and found them to be very good and very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Mine worked fine overnight. I've only reviewed the images on the built in screen, but they look ok for the most part. I caught three different cats on camera - plus my usual crew of birds. I think the cats must be sensitive to the IR light at some level as in the night shots, they all look at the IR area and come for a sniff when it actuates. Some of the images this morning (6am ish - so good light, relatively speaking) came out completely green - and others look (even on the review LCD) to have a lot of light noise (but others are fine). I suspect that the camera is making a snap decision about the exposure settings when it activates - and sometimes it gets it wrong. I'll carry on playing and maybe check the quality on a proper laptop. All-in-all, on first impressions it seems ok to me. The price is at the upper level of what I'd want to pay for a garden toy in my current circumstances (tiny garden). Will report back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelico Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Last nights test results. Placed the camera in front of a likely looking burrow. Did nt set the time, so ignore the timestamps. Had one night activation, see the fly about 3 seconds in Fly But at least you can see how the night vision works Then this morning had a second hit: Bird And then finally. Bingo. I need to get the video verified but I think it is a Brown Bear (Ursus Arctos). Brown Bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Coo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Not sure a fly would have triggered it - it's passive IR (heat) triggered, ain't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Annoyingly, it forgets your settings if you turn it off. Just checked the days footage to find it had reverted to single-still mode. ...but did then work out that you can up the resolution to 1080p video and 12-meg (size, I'm guessing - as it is a 5mp camera) stills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelico Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 you can up the resolution to 1080p video and 12-meg I *think* it upscales rather than this being the native resolution of the sensor...so you might be better doing this on your laptop. I have noticed that the close focus distance is not quite ideal for bird table shots. Robin Kept me amused during a day of conference calls though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Ah. Good point. I'll see what it looks like when I download it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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