Trail Camera Showdown: Round 2

[Onin24Eagle]

This time around it will be the Primos Truth Cam 35 vs the Cuddeback Capture IR.

Round 1:

Daytime, moving

Primos:



Just a little blurry, as we saw in round 1.  Deer is pretty well centered in the photo.

Cuddeback:



Much less blurry than the Primos.  Colors are a tad weird overall but much easier to make out the details on the deer.  Based on where the deer is in the picture, it appears that the Primos has a faster trigger time.

Round 2:

Night, Moving

Primos:



Deer isn't moving terribly fast here but the picture is pretty good for an IR camera.  

Cuddeback:



Little more blurry than the Primos, but not terribly bad.

Round 3:

Night, moving (again)

Primos:



Cuddeback:



Picture quality about the same in those two.

Round 4:

Day, Still

Primos:

Did not take this picture.

Cuddeback:



The Primos did not even detect this racoon.  I did have it higher on the tree and the batteries are at 65% vs the Cuddeback which has battery life of over 90%.

That's all I really have for now.  As far as picture quality goes, I'd call it a tie.  At night, the trigger time seems to be very similar for both cameras, however the Primos has the edge on daytime photos with a slightly faster trigger time.

Other pros and cons:

Primos:  I already listed these in my round 1 post.

Cuddeback:

Pros:
Super easy to change SD card (easiest of all my cameras)
Very easy setup

Cons:
Price
Mounting system is not user friendly.  
Uses "D" size batteries.
Batteries not fun to change.
Does not have "shot burst" mode.  Takes 1 pic at a time.  Dwell time is 30 seconds minimum (Primos can be set to 3 or 5 shot burst and you can set the dwell time as low as 10 seconds)

As far as picture quality, these cameras are about the same.  The Cuddeback did score some extra points for capturing the racoon that the Primos missed.  However, considering price, mounting and setup options, the Primos wins this bout by split decision.  It was close, but holds it's title for now.  Next week's matchup will be tougher though as I'm pairing it up against the Spypoint G4, which is one of my favorite cameras that I have.  Stay tuned.

[Stnmtz]

Just a suggestion ... could you put the price differences of the camera's you compare i think the bang for your buck should be considered

[Onin24Eagle]

The Cuddeback Capture IR retails for around $140
The Primos Truth Cam 35 retails for about $75

The Truth Cam 35 is now obsolete, though you can still get it online at several places and in some stores (I saw a couple at a local Wal-Mart the other week)  The new version, the Truth Cam 35 Ultra, costs about $120.  I have one of those as well and it will be featured at some point during this experiment.

[lentz]

I think the primos was to high to see the coon but hard to tell on my phone and to the right about a foot look at birch trees for example