I currently have five cameras in the Custer National Forest, three Reconyx and two Brownings. Four are spread out along a trail, with the two in the middle back to back. The fifth camera is along a side trail. On April 27, I got images of a coyote at the two end points and on the side trail. Somehow he/she avoided being seen on the two middle cameras.
It was the first real test for the Reconyx 19. It has a setting that takes both stills and video. What that means is it shoots the stills, then it shoots the video. I think the 4K video is pretty good, but Blogger forced me to compress it before it would load, so the version here really doesn't do it justice. Maybe I will reduce the number of still from five to three to get the video started a bit quicker. On April 22, two coyotes showed up on the new camera, but these were nighttime shots that weren't as good because they were too close to the camera. If I could get the critters to stand directly in the middle of the trail and look at the camera, that would be optimal.
The two coyote stills are straight from the camera, no color processing. It is apparent on the video that I don't have the time set correctly on #19, about seven hours slow. There are a lot more options on the #19 menu screen compared to #2 and #7. The bad news is the menu print is tiny and very hard to see when the camera is strapped to a tree. I usually look at the images on my little laptop while I'm out there, but this time I wanted to put in a bigger card so I just did a quick swap. So it will be a few weeks before that gets fixed.
Reconyx #2 at the west end of the trail
Reconyx #19 at the west end of the trail
Browning #11 on the side trail
While I was out there, I decided to send the mini drone up to see what it could see. I was afraid to do more than go straight up because it doesn't have a collision avoidance system. Here's a couple, the first looking northeast along US 212 back toward Red Lodge, and the second facing southwest toward the Beartooth Pass and Yellowstone. These are processed. The mini's camera is OK, but I can tell the difference in comparison to the Hasselblad on the Mavic 3 Pro.