Trail camera reference charts
Moultrie Edge 3
$55.73 listed price, changes oftenCellular trail camera plan comparison chart
The cheapest plans are SPYPOINT Free (100 photos, $0) and SPYPOINT Basic or Tactacam Starter (250 photos, $5 a month); unlimited photos cost $13 to $17 a month, or $120 a year with SPYPOINT Premium or Tactacam Pro.
ChartTrail camera SD card capacity chart
A 32GB card holds about 7,000 photos at a 20MP setting, about 2,400 at 64MP, or roughly 4 hours of 1080p video.
ChartTrail camera battery life chart
At 20 triggers a day, 8 lithium AAs run an SD-card camera about 9 months and a cellular camera about 2.5 months; alkaline cells last about half as long in warm weather and far less in the cold.
ChartTrail camera detection width chart
Coverage width equals 2 x distance x tan(angle / 2): a 40-degree sensor covers about 22 feet at 30 feet, a 60-degree sensor about 35 feet.
ChartNo-glow vs low-glow vs white flash
No-glow cameras use 940nm infrared that people and most game cannot see, at the cost of shorter night range; low-glow uses 850nm, shows a faint red glow, and reaches farther with brighter photos.
ChartTrail camera settings chart
Scouting trails: photo mode, 3-shot burst, 30-second delay, medium sensitivity. Security: photo plus video, 5 to 10-second delay, high sensitivity, no-glow.
ChartTrail camera file size chart
A trail camera photo is about 4MB at a 20MP setting and 12 to 13MB at 64MP; video runs about 2MB per second at 1080p and 6MB per second at 4K.
ChartTrail camera mounting height and angle chart
For deer on a trail, mount at 3 feet with no tilt; mounted high (7 to 10 feet) to deter theft, tilt down about 15 to 20 degrees so the frame center lands roughly 20 to 40 feet out.