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- This is a close-focus trail camera designed for taking high-quality pictures of animals within 3 meters. The Natureview also comes with 2 additional lenses and a remote that plugs into the camera and shows the live view of the camera lens. - TCP Staff
Model # 11-9740 | Liveview Owner's Manual
Pros
Cons
Trailcampro Analysis
The Bushnell Natureview Cam is designed with one thing in mind, close focus wildlife photography. This is the most popular camera for anyone using the camera for bird watching, rodent surveys or any other project that involves taking pictures within a few meters of the camera.
Normal trail cameras have trouble focusing on animals near the camera. The 2018 Natureview comes with f600 mm and f460 mm camera lenses that screw onto the front of the lens.
Photo resolution: 14, 8 or 3 mpxl | Video Resolution: 1920 x 1080 w/ audio | Flash Type: Low Glow Infrared
This category is a tale of two extremes. Day pictures are incredible and some of the best you will ever see. Outstanding clarity, great color, and consistent quality on all the photos. Extremely impressive. Night photos ranked among the worst in our Flash Range Test. We apologize for the lack of night sample images. For whatever reason, we couldn't get any critters to come by the bird feeders at night. Check the Flash Range Test for night images.
Most, not all, of the users who want a close-focus game trail camera like this aren't as interested in the night photos as they are the day pictures. So the importance of this will be entirely up to you.
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Video quality mimics picture quality. These are among the best HD trailcam daytime videos you will ever see.
Resting Power (on): 1.26 mW | Daytime Power Consumption: 4.63 Ws | Nighttime Power Consumption: 5.82 Ws
Battery data is outstanding. Low draws across the board. The Natureview HD is an efficient game camera.
If this Bushnell Natureview Cam HD were to take 35-day pictures and 35-night pictures every 24 hour period, this camera would last an astounding 11.4 months in the field on a set of lithium batteries.
If this Bushnell Natureview HD Live View trail camera were to take 15-day videos and 15-night videos every 24 hour period, this camera would last 2.7 months in the field on a set of lithium batteries. This is with 10-second video clips.
Picture Trigger & Recovery Speed: 0.26 s. / 0.7 s. | Video Trigger & Recovery Speed: 2.14 s. / 4.8 s. | Detection Range & Angle: 100 ft. | 43° (42.4° F.O.V.)
You can't ask for a much faster picture taking camera. 1/4 second trigger speed and recovery well under a second. Video trigger is on the opposite end of the spectrum, it is very slow.
Detection range is an incredibly impressive 100 ft. Other than the slow video times, this is a great detection zone.
Dimensions: 6.5" x 4.5" x 2.75" | Battery Type: 12 AA Batteries | External Battery Jack: 6 Volt
Case design is solid but not as good as the new Bushnell Aggressor models. The batteries are a very snug fit. The camera has a python bracket in the back and a 1/4" x 20 threaded insert on the bottom of the unit for a Slate River Mount. The additional lenses that come with the camera simply screw in and out of the front of the game trail camera. They are very easy to change.
Programming is unique as it requires the remote (comes with the camera). From the remote, you can change settings and see the camera's field of view (hence the name Liveview). The remote plugs into the bottom of the camera so this is not a wireless unit.
Programming and setup are extremely easy, it is just important you don't leave the remote at home when checking the camera in the field.
Durability, to date, has been excellent. No issues have come up.
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- This is a close-focus trail camera designed for taking high-quality pictures of animals within 3 meters. The Natureview also comes with 2 additional lenses and a remote that plugs into the camera and shows the live view of the camera lens. - TCP Staff
Model # 11-9740 | Liveview Owner's Manual
Pros
Cons
Trailcampro Analysis
The Bushnell Natureview Cam is designed with one thing in mind, close focus wildlife photography. This is the most popular camera for anyone using the camera for bird watching, rodent surveys or any other project that involves taking pictures within a few meters of the camera.
Normal trail cameras have trouble focusing on animals near the camera. The 2018 Natureview comes with f600 mm and f460 mm camera lenses that screw onto the front of the lens.
Photo resolution: 14, 8 or 3 mpxl | Video Resolution: 1920 x 1080 w/ audio | Flash Type: Low Glow Infrared
This category is a tale of two extremes. Day pictures are incredible and some of the best you will ever see. Outstanding clarity, great color, and consistent quality on all the photos. Extremely impressive. Night photos ranked among the worst in our Flash Range Test. We apologize for the lack of night sample images. For whatever reason, we couldn't get any critters to come by the bird feeders at night. Check the Flash Range Test for night images.
Most, not all, of the users who want a close-focus game trail camera like this aren't as interested in the night photos as they are the day pictures. So the importance of this will be entirely up to you.
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Video quality mimics picture quality. These are among the best HD trailcam daytime videos you will ever see.
Resting Power (on): 1.26 mW | Daytime Power Consumption: 4.63 Ws | Nighttime Power Consumption: 5.82 Ws
Battery data is outstanding. Low draws across the board. The Natureview HD is an efficient game camera.
If this Bushnell Natureview Cam HD were to take 35-day pictures and 35-night pictures every 24 hour period, this camera would last an astounding 11.4 months in the field on a set of lithium batteries.
If this Bushnell Natureview HD Live View trail camera were to take 15-day videos and 15-night videos every 24 hour period, this camera would last 2.7 months in the field on a set of lithium batteries. This is with 10-second video clips.
Picture Trigger & Recovery Speed: 0.26 s. / 0.7 s. | Video Trigger & Recovery Speed: 2.14 s. / 4.8 s. | Detection Range & Angle: 100 ft. | 43° (42.4° F.O.V.)
You can't ask for a much faster picture taking camera. 1/4 second trigger speed and recovery well under a second. Video trigger is on the opposite end of the spectrum, it is very slow.
Detection range is an incredibly impressive 100 ft. Other than the slow video times, this is a great detection zone.
Dimensions: 6.5" x 4.5" x 2.75" | Battery Type: 12 AA Batteries | External Battery Jack: 6 Volt
Case design is solid but not as good as the new Bushnell Aggressor models. The batteries are a very snug fit. The camera has a python bracket in the back and a 1/4" x 20 threaded insert on the bottom of the unit for a Slate River Mount. The additional lenses that come with the camera simply screw in and out of the front of the game trail camera. They are very easy to change.
Programming is unique as it requires the remote (comes with the camera). From the remote, you can change settings and see the camera's field of view (hence the name Liveview). The remote plugs into the bottom of the camera so this is not a wireless unit.
Programming and setup are extremely easy, it is just important you don't leave the remote at home when checking the camera in the field.
Durability, to date, has been excellent. No issues have come up.
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Overall rating: 4.3076925 / 5 from 13 reviews.
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"I have been purchasing Bushnell NatureView for several years. It wasn’t until recently I compared camera to camera images and discovered there is variability in quality, most pronounces with night images at 460mm or 600mm. Sad to discover manufacturing is the culprit. Too bad. I expected better since close up images is the sell."
"Love the NatureView and it's short focal length!"
"I have ordered 20 of these cameras over the last two years, for research. After being incredibly impressed with the high quality of the images at first, I was disappointed that almost half of these cameras lost their ability to take images on the 'interval' setting. One camera cannot be used at all anymore (less than a year after purchase), because the red LED light is always on, on the outside front of the camera, when the camera is switched on, which means one cannot use it for research purposes - it would be noticed by animals, and it may disturb them. Hopefully these problems can be rectified by the company."
"Love it!"
"This camera is really wonderful for daytime photos of small animals at close range. I used it to study meadow voles, hummingbirds, and nesting robins. The quality of daytime photos and videos is incredible for a trail camera, but the video trigger speed and recovery speed are just too long for fast moving animal, which small animals usually are. Also, the night time images are almost useless. The quality of night time images is poor, and most of them are way overexposed, even with the LED control on Low. I tried to get photos of deer mice eating mushrooms in the woods, but those mice are mostly nocturnal, so the photos were terrible. I also do not like the user interface of this camera - it's clunkier and less intuitive than that of most other trail cameras I've used (which include Exodus, Moultrie, Browning, ScoutGuard, and Reconyx). But overall I give this camera a positive rating, because there really isn't another trail camera out there (to my knowledge) that gets such crisp closeups. I'm happy with it, but I'm hoping for a future model that's faster, and performs better in darkness."
"I love the pictures from this camera. They are phenomenal. The videos are great as well. no complaints."
"The camera uses several years old technology, but I think its the only one with short focal length lens options. Dunno if thats worth the $100 premium price, however. Photo and videos are OK, not nearly as good as some of the more modern and less expensive trail cameras, but then they don’t focus at close range (2 feet or so). The photos taken with something like the Bushnell Core DS can be digitally zoomed in to near the same quality as this camera but video not so much. The smaller the animal you are trying to capture, the better this camera works. Nice for birds, a regular trail camera is better for foxes. The separate plug in screen/view finder is nice, but the camera won’t operate if you leave it plugged in. When its out of reach on top of a 10 foot tripod, that doesn’t work well. You can do a pretty good job eyeballing the pointing and use a ruler to set the distance to target as the area of focus in a bit narrow. You don’t want it too close as the image will be fuzzy, nor too far as that defeats the purpose of the shorter focal length lenses. Once you get used to it, its pretty easy to eyeball the pointing and distance. The biggest PITA, however, is the AVIC coding the camera uses doesn’t seem to be compatible with modern Mac computers, not even the built in FCPX conversion. So videos have to be converted by a third party app to a compatible format before you can review them. Dunno about windose machines, but my old atom based windose 7 desktop chokes on the video. Images are compatible. As far as setup, its about the same complexity as other cameras. You can install 4 or 12 batteries. As others have said, night vision leaves a lot to be desired and its finicky about lighting. Sun will over expose, deep shade will under expose. Based on reviews I expected a little better photo performance, however. The video is pretty good."
"I did lots of searching online, and went to local sporting goods stores to look for a game camera that I could use to take closeup daytime color photos of birds at our birdbath. Finally I called TrailcamPro. I told them I had read reviews on hundreds of cameras, and asked if they had any recommendations. They said "That's easy, there's only one camera designed to do what you want, the Bushnell NatureView Cam HD. I bought it from them and have taken thousands of photos with it. I am delighted. It takes sharp, beautiful color photos. I am so glad I called TrailcamPro, they knew exactly what to recommend, offer a 2 year warranty, and were extremely helpful. I would definitely recommend them to anyone."
"Very good waterproof camera. I use it for closeups of birds at birdbaths and feeders. The photos turn out darker than I would like because I use the cameras around forest and watery areas but are still sharp. I have bought quite a few of these and they go a long time on the batteries, which is great. Not good for evening or night photos, just daylight."
"This is an outstanding camera for close-ups using one of the close-up lenses that come with the camera. I set it up maybe 30" from a bird feeder and got great photos and videos of finches and cardinals. More distant day photos without a close-up lens are good. Night photos are terrible."
