What Is Most Important To You In a Trail Camera?
Flash Range- The flash range of a camera is how far the night time flash will reach away from the trail camera. The importance of Flash Range is to a trail camera is strictly for the benefit of how much you will be able to see with night time photos. If you have ever had a night time picture where you can almost see the outline of the animal just beyond the lighted area, you know the importance of having a longer flash range
Megapixels- Megapixels on a trail camera are a little deceiving. Megapixels that are advertised by trail camera companies is actually interpolated (duplicated) megapixels. The native resolution of most all trail cameras is between 1.6 and 5 megapixels. However, at full frame, high megapixel count photos, are very crisp images.
Trigger Speed- The trigger speed is the amount of time it takes the camera to actually take a picture. It is measured from the moment the PIR sensor on the camera picks up movement until the image is formed onto the image sensor. The faster the trigger speed the more likely you are to capture fast moving animals.
Detection Distance- The detection distance is the distance from the camera that the sensors will pick up movement. The farther the distance the more area a camera can cover.