A3S Trail 64MP Camera

Bought 5 of these to monitor a coyote pack on our property. For the cost ($63), these are very nice cameras. Having 5 cameras lets me triangulate coyote movement on the property, but I would never have bought that many if they cost a couple hundred $ each. Daytime pics and videos are very crisp. I can easily distinguish individual markings on the coyotes. Night-time images also very good. The distance at which the motion triggers the camera to start recording is easily twice as far as other cameras in this price range I have used previously, and there are side motion triggers which start recording before the animal is fully in front of the camera. I have found those nice as it starts the video early enough to get more footage of the animal, especially important if the animal is running. Most of the videos that I am interested in are at night. Couple times with the cameras already triggered I have video of animals sprinting full speed in front of the cameras and can still identify individuals. In still picture mode sometimes an animal moving that fast is already out of frame before the camera triggers. Daytime trigger response seems a little better. I have several of animals racing across a trail with all 4 feet off the ground and I still get 1 pic of them. I have 3 of the cameras set up with overlapping fields of view so I can analyze what is getting caught and what's not. Added bonus is the nice audio quality. Previous camera I was relying on had pretty much zero audio recording. I had a recent video of a dark animal at night, lying on the ground, could not tell what I was seeing through the brush. I finally remembered to turn the sound up and could hear distinctly hog grunting that let me identify what the animal was. Too soon to know if the battery life will be as good as claimed - 8 months according to some reviews I have seen. Will update as I have more time on the cameras. June 10, 2024 - still on the original batteries I started using in early February. Not the most expensive nor the cheapest batteries - Rayovac alkaline. Cameras in continuous use just over 4 months. Still getting great pics and videos, especially considering the price of the cameras. No issues with cameras at all. June 27, 2024 - batteries in a couple of the cameras finally started to show signs of weakening. We have had a heat wave of at or near 100 degree days past couple of weeks which probably hastened the battery demise. Still images still fine, even at night. Daytime videos fine. But at night, with the extended time the light stays on for the videos they suddenly started recording for only 3 seconds each. Went ahead and changed all the batteries. 3 of the cameras have been in continuous use for almost 5 full months, and I use Rayovac alkaline batteries. For almost all of the time I have had the cameras I had the video recording set to 2 minutes, which turns out in almost all cases to be way longer than needed. But that does factor into battery life. The obvious largest battery drain is the light necessary to film at night. August 31, 2024 - About 2 weeks ago one of the cameras purchased in February 2024 started exhibiting digital "streaking" on the display, but still recorded without issue. Now, 2 weeks later I only get a solid blue-white screen without access to any functions or menu. It reminds me of an old first generation digital camera I once owned that was susceptible to moisture/humidity. I have never allowed any water inside the casing, never open the door to access camera card if the outside of the camera body is wet. I have contacted the company that distributes to Amazon, will update my review once I hear back from them. Pics of the defective camera. Other 4 cameras continue to function fine. September 17, 2024 - New camera arrived from the company to replace the one that went bad. All 4 other cameras continue to function normally. Oct 4. tried to add some videos a week ago, site informed me only 1 video could be added/review, then did not add any. Trying again. 1 daytime video of deer, 1 nighttime still pic of coyote. The coyote is close to the distance limit for triggering the camera - could be a little further but in this case that's as far as the camera has a straight-line unobstructed view. About 20 feet in this case, estimated not measured. Jan 8, 2025. Replaced batteries for second time. I think there was still some life left in them, but one week there was seemingly a deer hanging around in front of two of the cameras multiple times/night for several nights. The repeated minute-long night lighting from the cameras got the batteries, they started recording videos less the 1 minute long. So averaging about 6 months per battery change. Also, manual indicates trigger sensitivity should be set to "medium" for hot weather. Now that it's finally cold I switched it to "high". Got one deer that must have been close to 100 feet away at night triggered the motion sensor. Had to dial 2 of the cameras back to medium trigger sensitive - both are in areas with an appreciable gap in overhead tree canopy. This time of year (Jan-Feb) late afternoon shadows cast by trees as sun getting close to the horizon kept triggering the cameras to record continuously. Cameras in deep woods without the shadows are ok on high sensitivity.