Browning Trail Cameras Spec Ops Elite HP5 - BTC-8E-HP5 - Game Camera, Wildlife Motion-Activated Camera

This has been a very good trail camera for the price. It takes very good night time video, but if you want super crisp night vids, you are going to have to go with the red LEDs. Be warned though, the red LEDs can spook game if you are trying to pattern bucks for hunting. They may just leave the area. It takes very crisp day time videos. I personally have not tried the pic settings on it, so I cannot comment. Strictly vids. It seems to do quite well on the lithium batteries for longevity. Pretty easy to set up and use. Would highly recommend putting this in a lock box though. I really like the Camlock box brand.

I have used browning cameras for several years now. This model suits me best because it has a viewer that helps in set up. It allows you to see what you are photographing. My only complaint is the eject button for the battery compartment can fail which can make the camera unusable. This has happened a couple of times with other models. Other than that I am very happy with these cameras and can recommend them.

Great Camera

I have owned this trail camera for over a year and used it extensively recording wild animals going through my back yard. The daytime videos and images are very good. Nighttime videos and images are also good. My trail camera goes through batteries in weeks, not months or a year as advertised. Also I have learned that the image pickup is not good. This camera misses lots of shots it should have picked up. I know because i also own a different brand trail camera. After setting them a foot apart and letting do their thing. The Browning camera missed entirely 40% of the images that the other camera picked up.

This particular Browning Trail Camera came with high recommendations. Set up was simple, camera was placed on a young Aspen in October-25, and I left it there til end of April- 26. About 750 pictures. Battery life was still high. Day time pictures in particular are quite good, night time, sort of got what I expected. Camera is sensitive to movement, so do clear out area around it or you will get a lot of the same picture. I didn’t get quite the activity I expected, but unbeknown to me, some balsam fir were blown down across trail, and hindered movement to the camera. So far, so good, and I’m planning on one, or maybe two more.

These do exactly what they are supposed to. Image quality is nice.

This Browning model does take better photos than my old Dark Ops models but be prepared to spend many hours deleting photos of nothing. Seriously, this thing just took 4,783 photos in about 16 hours. I've spent a couple of hours going through about 1,500 of them so far and found 6 shots with small birds. Hopefully some of the larger wildlife will reward me in some of the rest of the photos. It is carefully aimed so there is no grass or foliage within about 30 feet of the camera, though of course, I can't eliminate it from the distant background. The camera is set for motion-triggered shots, not time-lapse, but it is behaving pretty much like time-lapse, often taking 2-3 photos per minute, day and night. There is no way to turn down the sensitivity. I'm going to have to give up on the camera though, as life is too short to spend several hours per day going through photos of nothing.

One thing I like is being able to change the card without removing the lock cable. I have several cameras, mostly Browning. They are dependable. The viewing screen is handy, especially for set up. Still hoping to get a picture of Bigfoot because I heard his call once.

Utilisation dans des zones que nous avons renaturalisées il y a plusieurs années, un vrai régal au niveau de l'image de jour comme de nuit, avec un son juste incroyable. A noter que les leds sont invisibles la nuit, offrent une tranquillité et une liberté à la faune.