2010 Bushnell Trophy Cam Review - Discontinued

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Best thing about this camera

          If I can only pick one, I would say having batteries that last 5 months on a set or up to 1 year on lithium batteries is very handy!

Trailcampro Analysis

         

        Bushnell has made trail cameras for a long time.  The Bushnell Trophy Cam is their best game camera yet.  The Bushnell Trophy cam comes in a tiny package, measuring 6" tall X 4" wide you could fit a half dozen cameras in a backpack with room for lunch.  Don't let the small size fool you, this camera is capable of taking picture after picture for months on end. 
         
          During our initial review of the Bushnell Trophy Cam, we found the trigger speed to be 1.024 seconds.  Since roughly May 2010 the firmware on the camera changed.  Bushnell recently released a new firmware update, the new trigger speed is 1.381 seconds.  This is still very respectable.  Our testing also revealed the detection width, or the area the camera can effectively "cover", is now wider than the field of view.  We prefer the detection width to match the field of view.  This means you really need to set the recovery time to be as low as possible in case it takes a picture before the animal is in the picture.

          Depending on whether you have the camera set at either 3, 5 or 8 mpxl, the Trophy Cam can be armed and ready for the next picture in 3, 5 or 6 seconds (This is second only to Reconyx). 

          You can use up to a 16 Gig SD Card with the Trophy Cam trail camera.  A 2 gig card, set on 3 Mpxl, will hold over 3300 pictures.  If set on 5 Mpxl, the Trophy Cam will hold over 2000 pictures.

          We noticed that the night flash range goes out to about 45 ft. on average.  The 2010 model has 32 infrared LEDs which have greatly improved the night pictures clarity from right to left. 

          Another great thing about the Bushnell Trophy Cam, is there is no remote to use during programming.  All the programming is done by simply opening the camera and punching a few buttons.  Programming was a cinch, no problems whatsoever.  On the Bushnell Trophy Cam XLT (Viewer) model, you have the option of viewing pictures right there on the camera.  This comes in handy when initially setting a camera up in a new spot.

          The video quality is 16 frames per second.  It is very easy to set to video as well.  Simply open the camera, hit menu, go to the "camera mode" setting, and put it in video mode.  It is just as simple to switch back to picture mode.

          Battery life might just be the strongest point of this game camera.  You can expect 6 months on a set of 8 AA alkaline or NiMh batteries.  If you use Lithium batteries, you may get up to 1 year battery life, depending on the amount of pictures taken during that time period.

          During our initial review of the Bushnell Trophy Cam, the camera only detected out to about 45 ft.  However, during the 2010 Trail Camera Shootout the camera detected out to 90 feet.  I would expect it to consistently detect out to 52 feet and depending on the temperature (hotter temps = less range and vice versa) could occasionally detect past 52 feet under good conditions.  Also, the focus is also a little blurry on objects within 1 meter.  We did have issues for a while with excessive white-outs on pictures and also "runaway" picture taking (taking pictures every few seconds until the card is full).  Bushnell created a new firmware update and had us test the update since late July.  Since then, we have not had any of those old issues.  I believe the problem has been corrected.

          Overall, this is a camera that has produced tremendous results since April of 09 and we will continue to recommend this camera.  This is a great value for $200-250.

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