I'm going to look this up. Figured a thread would be a decent idea. I cannot be the only one who has this issue on occasion. Been having a ton of "white out" pics or "bleached out". Looks like it is overexposed if you're old enough to remember what camera film used to do. Talked to the guy at Bushnell. He suggested some changes to camera settings. Got to the woods. Couldn't remember which direction to go. I had the Bushnell Trophy Cam Aggressor's on this property. Shutter speed was set to 'auto' mode if I remember correct. Sensitivity was set to 'high'. I switched them to middle settings. They actually got worse. I'm going to do some homework and be forced to make another trip to the woods tomorrow. I'd rather stay out but knowing where they are set. . . .in a day or a month or whenever I change cards again it will be more of the same. Might as well get it right.
So my questions: Do you guys leave them in factory settings? Do you adjust? Have you had similar issues? I've had some random sequences of photos in the past with some white out pics. Now it is 700 pics and 600 of them whited out. That isn't right.
FWIW- Very few color pics after leaving in the middle settings. What pics I did get were washed out and at first or last light. Surprised me the night pics were also darker. Some of the day pics looked like night pics. There also were not as many pics triggered (which I am guessing was due to lower sensitivity setting). That will move back to 'high sensitivity'. Adjusting the 'PIR' and 'shutter speed' seems to be where I need to focus. Another note, I do attempt to place cameras facing north/south more than east/west to minimize these issues. Admittedly, these two cameras are not fully N/S facing. First pic is due east. Second pic is facing ESE. This could be part of the issue.
The guy on the Bushnell staff is on their trail camera test team. He told me he has found having cameras with adjustable settings is important. Amazing. I've run them a long time and am just now starting to have these issues. I will adjust and report back as well as listen to your feedback. Hopefully this thread will assist others too.
For a note of interest, the one buck (second pic) is the one I believe to be the 3.5 legged buck. His rack is looking odd this year as expected. #spencie
So my questions: Do you guys leave them in factory settings? Do you adjust? Have you had similar issues? I've had some random sequences of photos in the past with some white out pics. Now it is 700 pics and 600 of them whited out. That isn't right.
FWIW- Very few color pics after leaving in the middle settings. What pics I did get were washed out and at first or last light. Surprised me the night pics were also darker. Some of the day pics looked like night pics. There also were not as many pics triggered (which I am guessing was due to lower sensitivity setting). That will move back to 'high sensitivity'. Adjusting the 'PIR' and 'shutter speed' seems to be where I need to focus. Another note, I do attempt to place cameras facing north/south more than east/west to minimize these issues. Admittedly, these two cameras are not fully N/S facing. First pic is due east. Second pic is facing ESE. This could be part of the issue.
The guy on the Bushnell staff is on their trail camera test team. He told me he has found having cameras with adjustable settings is important. Amazing. I've run them a long time and am just now starting to have these issues. I will adjust and report back as well as listen to your feedback. Hopefully this thread will assist others too.
For a note of interest, the one buck (second pic) is the one I believe to be the 3.5 legged buck. His rack is looking odd this year as expected. #spencie