PriceRacing35 Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 I recently bought two Wildgame Innovation Micro Infrared 5.0MP. I'm not sure if I have bad SD cards. Or if I just have the settings slightly off. I am not getting any pictures. All I can get deer on is the FlexTime time lapse videos. Was wondering if anybody had any useful tips. I haven't used trail cameras in about 5 years or more. I'm new to this. I know I have one camera on a ridge. Facing north. Out of direct view of the sun. It faces a 6" rub. That I know was hit again since the camera was put up. I had 0 pictures and 0 videos. I know they are there because I have several deer on the Time Lapse. But the clips are too fast to get much detail when you pause them. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 trail cam issues. Camera must be 3-4 foot high and level. Your target area needs to be about 15-20 feet directly in front of the camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PriceRacing35 Posted October 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 trail cam issues. I had it around 3.5' up and the as level as I could get it on a tree. But the IR flash was whiting out everything with in a 15' radius. So I raised almost shoulder high and I haven't had that problem yet. But still no pictures. I have the camera maybe. Maybe. 10' from the intersection of 5 major trails. I had the camera set to take PIR images and Flextime time lapse. I changed it straight PIR images no video. Haven't checked it since. That was Saturday morning. I have another camera in an area that I haven't hunted in 2 weeks. I will check it this Friday and see if it is doing any better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flintlock1776 Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 Make sure your SD card has been formatted. How to Format an SD Card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PriceRacing35 Posted October 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 trail cam issues. Just got done checking cards. I have two IR videos. One of a doe walking head on to the camera. And one of a 110-115" 8 walking away right at first light. The other camera(the one that seems not to be working correctly) still has no IR pics or videos. Only TimeLapse. Will call Tech Support and see if they have a solution. And hopefully they speak English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 The other camera(the one that seems not to be working correctly) still has no IR pics or videos. Only TimeLapse. Will call Tech Support and see if they have a solution. And hopefully they speak English. Sounds like a bad sensor or something between that and the board keeping the camera from triggering. Does the camera have a walk/test mode you can check to see if it picks you up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PriceRacing35 Posted October 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 trail cam issues. It does not. I can set it off if I walk by it and see if it counts the picture or not. But no other way to test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 It does not. I can set it off if I walk by it and see if it counts the picture or not. But no other way to test. If the camera does not trigger with you walking in front of it then there is an issue with the sensor or something related to it. Would test it and see if it triggers on you. Time lapse bypasses the sensor and captures however often it is set for rather than triggering. With whichever if it is a new unit the manufacturer should replace or repair it for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PriceRacing35 Posted October 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 trail cam issues. Both cameras trigger with me walking in front of them at about 10'. I left the working one where it was and moved the other closer to the trail I was wanting to watch. Will check cards next Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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