Side by Side Comparison of: Moultrie vs SanDisk

Great price for a great scouting camera. We use this in our backyard. It's surprising to see what goes on at night - foxes, coyotes, deer at the bird feeders. Does trigger a bit slow, so a fast moving animal is out of photo. But recovery is fast and the photos are very good. This camera has been outdoors in all sorts of weather and has never failed. Battery life is long - several months. Easy to set up. This is a great gift for that hard-to-buy-for person. The recipient doesn't have to be a sportsman. . . grandparents, parents, everyone would like to see what's up in the yard at night. Good for security purposes too.

We purchased this for our son in 2014 and it still going strong ! We wanted to get him something that would be convienant for him to view his photos when he went out to check it. It is so easy to set up and get to the memory card for easy viewing ! He loves it alot as well as his grandfather. We ended up having to purchase another one for my Dad which, who is by the way not tech savy at all and he was able to understand how to program it as well as retrieve his own photos without any of our assistance, which is a big old WOO HOO for us !!!
It is very durable. It has the moon phase and much more on it and the pictures turn out perfect every time!
I definitely recommend this product.

Simple and easy to work. The night pics are good but not with motion, maybe 30-50 feet, but with blur if the object is running. There's also a short 4-5 second delay before a pic is taken. Also, the 1 minute setting will take more pics then you will ever have time to delete. The 5 minute setting works well. The sensitivity of the camera seems to catch even the movement of trees and plants. However, it has captured pics of deer, dogs, raccoons, and trespassers with good clarity. Good weather proofing too. I have a 32 gig card in it. That's WAY too much! 16 or even an 8 gig will work fine unless you wont check it for a season. I have used it for 3 months and haven't needed to change the batteries. 4 are needed. Very good purchase for the price.

I don't think it is fair to compare this to two hundred dollar plus game cameras. It's like comparing a Toyota to Mercedes. This is an excellent game camera, especially if you catch it on sale. I picked this up around the fifty dollar mark and I have to say, I am very very impressed. We knew there were hogs on the property and could see rooting around, but were trying to figure out where they were coming in and out of the brush was challenging. In one week of using this camera, we were able to clock their activity, pinpoint their most active times and kill one of the pigs.

The infrared flash doesn't startle the animals at all, the time stamp helps immensely and the pictures are very clear, and these opinions are from someone who is using the camera to detect animals at night. Battery life seems to be good, had the same Duracell batteries in it for 3 weeks now and no issues at all. I don't think it seals as tight as I would like, I found a spider web in mine when I went to check it out yesterday, but that isn't a deal breaker for me at all.

This is my first game camera, and I was hoping I wasn't going to be disappointed buying something on the lower end. For me, this is all I needed and produces the results I was looking for. If you just want to know what is lurking around in your yard or are a casual hunter, I think this would be perfect. I'm pleased and am looking at buying another one to put in another spot on the property.

Bought this for security purposes but has taken some really nice wildlife pictures too. I have uploaded a few, the night pics are a little grainy but easy to make out and the day pics are very clear. The videos are very good as well.

I already own a D cell camera (6 battery) Moultrie and got tired of replacing expensive batteries. This AA set up seems to last much longer. The pictures are clear and daytime color is accurate. Nighttime b/w sometimes hazy but lets me know what's out there. The mounting strap is long enough to get around large trees and the bolt hole underneath allows me to mount this to the lid of my deer feeder. I've used this to capture photos of feral cats entering our home to get to our cat's food bowl, as well as a raccoon. I wondered why the food was disappearing and our cat was so skinny.

This is a really impressive camera for the money, it's fast, clear and one of the easiest to program I've ever seen.
Mine captured pictures out to 42 feet in the dark, very faint red glow to the lights, shouldn't spook game.
I ran a initial test just after dark and it looks great, set it in my backyard tonight to capture some deer and whatever else walks by pics.
The real test will be this week, I'm setting it up at a water tank at my deer hunting property tomorrow.

Got this for husband for deer season it takes great pictures we have awesome pictures of bucks and does. We also name pictures of the Bucks fighting. We had lost our salt blocks but after reviewing pictures the raccoons rolled them off. We also got great pictures of squirrels and by Drs along with 2 of the neighbor dogs. Was amazed at the quality of the pictures. Also bought the ad card to go with it. After a few days of taken nag pictures every time we checked at least able ut 1000 photos highly recommend

Love the value of this camera. Have 4 between my dad and myself. All work great and have now been out through a couple of very heavy rains with no issues. We have a couple of the higher end moultries (880 and 880i) and in many ways we actually like these more because they are so simple and do the job. One note of caution: if you want your night shots to come out you must have a 100% clear line of site between the camera and the game or the image will get blown out.

Awesome camera. Easy to use and setup. I took this picture last week at my deer feeder. This bear already lowered one barrel of corn before I got smart and wrapped a locking chain around the winch handle. I love the pictures this thing takes.

these is the 5th time I have ordered these I just filled three of the 8gb with all the CD's containing music so I could retrieve some wall space in my home. could not believe I got close to 400 cd on these three. the sound quality is as good as the cd's I have found I could place a three drawer file cabinet full of scanned papers on one and now I am looking to get more to transfer all my DVD movies onto. Scan disk has been consistent in their quality so I turn to them repeatedly. I do not hesitate to recommend them.

I bought these cards to give to someone along with a an older Canon SX-10 IS camera I was no longer using. The recipient of the cards is happy with how they work and I have used these same cards in trail cameras with no troubles. Obviously, they are best used in cameras and devices that do not require high speed recording so if you are looking to use these on a more recent camera you should probably look at higher capacity Class 10 cards. If all you want to do is take photos they will work fine for you, and while I've used them for short videos, there are better choices for not much more money.

I have a canon camcorder that is a couple years old. It has an internal.memory and slots for 2ad cards. The color on the internal memory was never right. The sub slot would not work. I could do a work around with orca but the color was still bad. I ordered an Sd card. It came in a day I told my wife she was about to hear either sounds of complete joy or of the camera smashing against the wall. It worked! Recorded perfectly. Put it in a card reader to download,made a DVD,watched the dvd. The playback was perfect. Your sd card made me have the happiest day I ever had with a computer or camera.

These work fine. I had one go bad once and it turned out to be a bigger deal to exchange it than it was worth, so I just view them as expendable now and go on. Maybe they work for storage, but I just use them to transport images from cameras to hard drives. They seem more reliable than I imply with the sentences above. I suspect water does not compromise them, nor does heat or cold, as far as I can tell. 8 GB holds a lot of one megapixel images. Class 4 is fast enough for several of the items that I own that I use these in (for instance they are fast enough for images from a Primos Truth Cam 35 camera (a.k.a. one type of Trail Cam), which is a type of mounted, motion sensing, day and night camera that can be left out in the elements for weeks or more).

SanDisk is the best! I use SanDisk flash memory cards exclusively with all of my electronics that require them, e.g., trail cameras and other digital cameras. I have never had a SanDisk memory card fail to work and have used them where they were exposed to temperatures ranging from 1 degree (F) to 100 degrees (F) and in the rain and snow. I have several SanDisk memory cards and use them on a daily basis. As a matter of fact, I have four trail cameras operating right now that run 24 hours a day 365 days a year.

The old cliché “you get what you pay for” applies to this trail camera. I have owned a more expensive Moultrie camera for a couple of years and love it. I wanted to buy 3 more cameras because the information they provide is invaluable (and fun) but didn’t want to spend big money to do it. The A5 was about the best option to do that. This is a very basic camera. There is no multi shot burst, there is no plot scanning, there are no options for video length. You can take single photos or short 15 second videos, you can set quality of photos, and trigger delay. It does seem to range out to the advertised 50’. Once out in the woods it does a pretty decent job. There are quite a few more pictures without anything in them, as others have noted. This happens with my other camera too, just not quite as frequently. With that said, it does get plenty of good quality game pictures. It makes a big difference to position the camera properly. Do not set the camera at a 90 degree angle to the trail (noted in the manual). Set it at more like a 45 degree angle. This increases the potential pic/video capture area significantly. In summary this camera is an affordable and effective way to add cameras to your inventory but don’t expect the same performance or options as the more expensive cameras.

This is my first experience with any game camera, so I was not sure what to buy or expect. I did a fair amount of research on reviews of the lower-cost units available, not wanting to spend a lot of money on something I would regret as I learned more about what was important. Went with this one based on good reviews and low price for a starter - even bought two of them to try and catch the bear activity around the house. First couple of days have been very instructive for me. I bought two new SanDisk 16GB SD cards with these cameras, and so far they have worked flawlessly for me. I find the pictures taken are excellent - even the B/W night pictures show what I would expect to see, although the distance is greatly limited (perhaps 10 yards or so). Update: The limited range of the night pictures can be a real issue in some settings. My new M880 has more than double the range, and the night pictures are awesome in comparison to the A5. I keep one of these in front of my house where I have motion triggered flood lights, so no problem with range there at all, but the other one in the forest often catches things just too far out to identify. That has NOT been a problem with the M880.

There are several big drawbacks to this entry-level camera. The first one is obvious from the specs - the shortest delay setting is 1 minute, so no matter what is going on, you cannot take pictures any faster than 1/min. I knew this before I bought it, but I was not sure just how important I would find that ability. But a LOT can happen between those pictures, and now that I have seen several sequences with deer and elk moving through, I can see I need something with a much shorter delay option. Update: Using video mode makes this limitation much less of a problem - the 10 second clips provide even more information than a multi-shot burst, so the 1 minute delay is acceptable (and may even be too short).

The biggest negative is that this thing takes WAY TOO LONG to wake up and take the first picture, so you miss a lot of first action when something triggers it to wake up. For example, I placed one of these in my driveway facing out from the corner of the garage (mounted right next to the door), angled slightly in so it would catch activity in front of the garage door too. When I left yesterday morning, I backed out at a fairly tentative speed since it was still dark, then I slowly pulled around in front of the camera to head down the drive. The first picture it took just barely caught the rear wheel and tail light as I was passing out of the frame. Apparently the whole time I was backing out and then starting to pull around it was still yawning and rubbing the sleep out of its eyes! (Update: A big part of this problem is that the motion sensor only functions in a relatively narrow band through the center of the frame, so even though my car was fully visible in the frame on the right side while I was backing out, the motion sensor did not trigger the camera to wake up and snap until I actually started pulling around through the center of the frame.) Another series of pictures later in the day showed my wife walking back and forth by the camera getting water from the rain barrels; but just by guessing on the few pictures she was visible in, and the time stamps on the many pictures that showed nothing but empty driveway, she was able to pass totally out of the frame before the camera snapped more often than not.

The next significant drawback is no sensitivity setting for the motion trigger. I put one camera on a dead tree near my stock tank - no leaves or branches hanging down at all, and no other brush or trees anywhere near it except for one big juniper about 15 yards away on the edge of the frame. The last couple of days have been fairly windy, and that one tree triggered the camera constantly! I have two days and nights of great time-laps series of 1 pix every minute for hours and hours. But watching shadows move is not what I was hoping for. So this clearly shows that just clearing brush and leaves "near" the camera is pointless - if you only want to see animals, you need to make sure there is NOTHING moveable in front of the camera within about 20 yards! Update: The extreme sensitivity to false triggers remains a big problem - these cameras are MUCH more sensitive to wind motion of grass or trees than the new M880 I bought, and in my kind of forest it is virtually impossible to find any setting that does not get hundreds of false triggers every day.

If these cost any more than $60, I would not have even given them 4 stars, but at that price, I think the limitations are to be expected. They do take good pictures and they provide significant value in the right situations where you can catch things moving towards and away from the camera instead of across the frame. For a game camera, however, I will happily pay more than twice the price to find one that overcomes the specific limitations I detailed above.

10/25 update: After several weeks of use I remain generally pleased with these cameras. The motion detector sensitivity remains a slight irritant as it triggers for just about anything, including just a few stems of gramma grass in a light breeze. It has helped to weed-eat all the grass in the first 10-20 yards, but I still get a trigger WAY too often all day long. Maybe it's the danged grasshoppers and flies? I have tried to identify exactly what is triggering it and where in the frame it needs to be, but not with any success. Using the IR aiming mode is pretty worthless. Even when I can see it trigger from my miniature dachshund walking through the frame, I cannot get it to trigger by waving a yard stick in the same place! On the plus side, that super sensitivity really gives it some range. I have one camera aimed along the side of my stock tank with the dirt road going up to the neighbor 45 yards away in the background (just paced it off to be sure). The camera triggers on cars at that distance. When they are traveling at a reasonable speed, The video will start with the car about 1/2 way across the frame, and even when they are racing by and the camera cannot wake up in time to catch the car in the frame, I know it was a car by the rolling dust.

Using the video mode does resolve one of my complaints - not having a delay shorter than one minute or a burst mode. Since the videos are 10 seconds long, you can actually see what is really going on. And with all the false triggers I get, I'd hate to see how many would be there if I did have a shorter delay option. The videos do take up a lot more space (and probably eat up batteries faster), but with a 16GB card, the storage is not a problem at all unless you are going to leave it unattended for several weeks. The worst thing is the amount of time it takes to review all the clips! Some days I have gotten more than 250 of them due to wind-related false triggers, so watching all of those takes at least an hour. I have gotten pretty good at quickly glancing at the time stamp on the clip and the still preview frame (generally from about 4 seconds into the clip) to guess that it is a false trigger and just skip it instead of wasting all the time to watch each clip.

Had a decent little rain for a couple of hours this morning, and both cameras were totally dry inside when I checked the memory cards.

One new issue has shown up since I started using the video mode - sometimes the brightness of the video clips is significantly different for no apparent reason. This happens with both cameras, and it does NOT seem to be cloud related, since the shadows visible in the clips are just as distinct in the darker ones. It is really evident when the camera has taken a bunch of false-trigger videos only one minute apart, where one will be extra bright, then the next might be a bit dark. Although I have not had any that were at the extremes where the resulting images were not usable, maybe that is why some folks have complained of total white-outs on some pix? Perhaps this is an inherent flaw in the unit? For me, the brightest seem to be just a bit overexposed, and the darker ones seem just a bit underexposed. Neither would be noticed as a problem by itself, but it becomes obvious when quickly switching between the clips of the identical plot of ground. I did not notice this at all the first few days when only taking still images, or even when I first started using the video setting, but it has been very obvious the last couple of days. I'll let y'all know if it gets worse. Update: I still have no idea what was causing this issue, but it has not gotten worse - some days I do not see it at all. I'm guessing maybe it was related to LIGHT cloud cover, enough to affect the brightness but not change major shadows?

As for the complaint some folks have mentioned about total white-out pictures - I have seen a few of those, but it is NOT an error with the camera. In most cases I have been able to tell it was either an elk or a deer standing right in front of the camera, so close that the flash just washed out everything.

11/10 update: After a month with these cameras (and comparing them to the M880 I recently bought), I have learned a whole lot more. As a consequence, I have made some corrections to the original review above. My complaint about how long they take to wake up is still valid, just not as bad as I originally thought - it is related to the narrow band where the motion detector is triggered - this is totally opposite from my M880, where side activity even out of the frame will trigger it! Battery life has been excellent on both cameras. I am using video mode exclusively now as a way to mitigate the lack of a multiple shot feature and only 1 min delay, and even with that extra drain, one camera is well over 2,000 pix and video clips so far on the original set of batteries.

If I didn't live in North America, I'd have said "a barrel of monkeys," but you get the idea. I bought this camera, not for hunting, but for clandestine surveillance of our yard, since somebody was knocking over and opening a trash can every night. The can never had any edible trash, just bird seed, so we were puzzled about the culprit.

I set the camera up, lashed it to a fence, and left it. The first night, we got our answer: big raccoon, who seems to enjoy tipping the can over, just for the fun of it. Now I plan on moving the camera around to see who else is visiting us in the small hours of the morning.

Technically, I've had no problems at all (one week in). Works as advertised, takes acceptable stills and video (AVIs), and doesn't seem to upset the animals, although it does produce a flash that they can see -- we confirmed that by setting it off ourselves, after we got several shots of the raccoon looking right at the camera. But they don't seem to care.

Summary: if I were going to rely on it for spying on game, I might buy something a bit higher up the line in terms of resolution and range, but if you want a simple camera to answer the question, "Who's out there?", this is a perfectly good one.

You'll also need: C cell batteries (takes 4, not included). A bicycle lock and cable is also a good idea, if you have any concerns about humans messing with it. The lock hasps not only secure the camera but also keep it from being opened, so no one can make off with your SD card or batteries.

I purchased two of these to monitor piece of property I own in the woods as someone was stealing my fire wood. While I haven't caught the person the cameras have been great. The picture quality is as described and the kids love seeing the videos of all the deer that hang out while we aren't there.

My only complaint would be the delay from when motion is detected to when it starts recording. The cameras are positioned facing a road to catch the front license plate of cars that pass by however, by the time it starts recording it only catches the back end of the vehicle. I was able to re-position them to correct the problem but the delay does seem a little long.

I've only had it out in the field two weeks.

Pros:

Cheap as far as game cameras go
Takes nice daytime pictures

Cons:

Night motion is terrible
Delay of 10 seconds is the fastest it will go
It is not waterproof, when I opened the case after two weeks water poured out of the battery compartment

I'm also not sure of the detector quality, but it could be due to lack of deer movement in that area. The date is wrong on the attached picture, but the time is right.

The camera is of a good size, weight and basic features. I bought a '2 pack', one had power problems right out of the box. I called Moultrie and they said I could send to them and they would replace it - nice and all, but I would pay for shipping to them and they never offered and RMA number. How would this be tracked? No idea. Amazon had my back and let me return one of the two, immediately sent me a replacement unit, I immediately sent them the bad one. The replacement unit was fine and seems to work without issue. The model makes me nervous, but time will tell.

Update - One unit has now spent all of March up on the Iron Range in northern Minnesota. It took great pictures and worked as expected. It was rained on, snowed on and all is good so far. Put the second unit up, we will see what shows up next time I make my rounds and change cards.

I tell you i have many different cameras. You cant go wrong with moultrie products. I read alot of reviews on this product on here and it seems like people don t have the basic camera concept!! Sure their is many better cams on the market. If your willing to pay $300- $500. The price an quality of the A-5 gen 2 is good. Night time pic,well its a night time pick. Could be better but still gets the job done.This cam takes pic of decent quality holds up to my needs

I can't imagine that you'll find a better trail cam for the money. This camera is sturdy, easy to set up, and reliable. Picture quality could be better, no question, and it doesn't have the greatest range or angle of capture, so it's best used in areas where you've got a good idea of activity (or as a feeder camera). This is still a tremendously good value, however.

Good Flash mem

THEY WORK WELL

I have several camera's these disc's will work in all of them..

They work OK , but, I would buy a faster card like a (10) SDHC flash memory card. You can just about see the rating marked on the card.
I did not know how they were rated at the time I bought them , but, the 8- (4)SDHC work fine. I would like to max out the speed of the camera with a faster memory card like the (10). Next Time America.

I use a lot of SD cards in game cameras left "in the field" to document wildlife movements. The San Disk brand are as good as any, and normally more economical, so I tend to use a lot of them. This was a good price on a good product.

I purchased four of the Moultrie A-5 low glow cams to help me keep an eye on my dad's place (who recently passed). They were all doing well until just about a month ago. I have one camera in particular that does not take night pictures anymore unless there is a noticeable difference. This is frustrating, because I ordered them online, I no longer have the email of confirmation, so I guess no proof of purchase. It is also frustrating because now I have to sit and wonder if it is catching all the action that happens around it. I am not satisfied with the delay between wake up and picture to picture either. There have been several instances where I should have had at least 4-5 pictures of a person within it's viewing area and it did not even pick them up. There have also been times where it is broad daylight and the pictures are black. I cannot afford to ship them back or pay for new ones every year. The purchase of these cameras were based on the current reviews at that time and the high hopes that things would stop mysteriously happening with no explanation as to why. Well, for the last month or so especially, I am now wondering if it is all a lost cause. I am not sure what to think really. I gave them 3 stars because SO FAR only one camera is giving me problems. I am very disappointed though that I cannot find anyplace that says what to check or how to fix it. Sincerely..... heartbroken and frustrated.

This camera has a, fairly, quick trigger time on the shutter. I set it on a hummingbird feeder and was able to catch many hummers. Some of the pictures were very clear. The motion detection envelope seems quite large and extends maybe 30 yards. Daytime pictures have good clarity, but I cannot testify to quality of nighttime pictures. I haven't had an image on any of the pictures taken after dark.In addition, It seems to stand well against the rigors of mother nature. It's been through several storms with no ill effects.

I'm going to rate this a "3" for several reasons: One, I bought two cameras and have them out on my food plots for 2 seasons now. One camera just shoots randomly - like a plot watcher - taking 1450 pictures in a week (sometimes) all pictures showing the shadows crossing the ground. The other camera, although sensative, takes pictures mostly when triggered by something. I do get some "scanning" pics on the 2nd one as well. Two, the day pictures of deer (sunny or cloudy day, doesn't matter) are grainy for 6mP. I have three 4mP Wildviews that take much more impressive daytime pictures. Three, the night pictures are generally very grey (black and white night photos) and extremely hard to distinguish the deer unless it is within 10 feet of the camera. Although I'll keep using these cameras, I no longer put them in "key spots" for fear of either not getting a picture or getting a thousand sun-across-the-ground photos. Lastly, one camera keeps reverting back to 2099 (default) year when we set the cameras up for the first time. That's frustrating. One final minor note, the batteries are very difficult to get in, as someone else has stated.

I have had this camera since July 21, 2014 and it has worked fine until last week, 10-12-14. At that time the nighttime low glow flash has stopped working. All the night pictures are black except for distant lights. I changed the batteries, but it still does not take night pictures. Works great during the day. I will call Moultrie on Monday to see if they will honor the warranty. I will update as needed.10-20-14 - I called Moultrie customer service and after a long question and answer session they finally agreed to replace the camera. I was going to ship it back this weekend, but the night flash started working again last night. I will see how it goes.10-28-14 - It stopped working again last night. It took many pictures, but only their eyes and distant lights were visible. All daylight picture were fine. Not a very reliable product. I will be sending it back this weekend.

This unit does take decent pictures in the daylight, nighttime is OK considering the price. Mine arrived without the battery light indicator functioning so I contacted Moultrie, still waiting to hear back from them. The settings are basic, if one picture every minute, five or ten works for you, you will be satisfied. I wrongly assumed this could be programmed to snap pictures in a series but I don't find a setting for that. The infrared light is very noticeable by the way.

Takes good pictures in both daylight and night time with the IR flash.The only thing is it way to sensitive I have lots of "Nothing pictures" those are were doves have flow through the field.I'd also like to remove the name time and date off the pictures there is no way to remove it, couple of pictures I couldn'ttell what was in the corner Name date and time.I have it set for video, I'm worried I'll have 30 or 40 10 second videos of doves and that will be it.it takes a little longer to "wake up" then trigger as long as 3-4 seconds.I'll wait to see how the videos turn out

Still working well letting us know which pug is peeing on the wall but havin a large card in it for long periods means theres lots of pictures to sort through. Although the watermark timestamp on the pictures is correct the file creation date is always random regardless of the accuracy of the bios clock which makes organizing by date pointless. I contacted the manufacturer and was informed that this is known and nothing is being done about it. I won' be buying another..

I purchased this camera to replace an older Moultrie D55 refurb I had purchased in 2013 that was starting to show some age. There are pros and cons to each of the cameras, over all, I am a little disappointed by this newer model. Perhaps the older model was a higher class camera, but it outperforms the A-5 in image quality.

The older Moultrie D55 has higher quality images, a temperature sensor, and what I consider a better user interface on the camera. The camera card is harder to insert and remove however. There are no other ways to mount the D55 other than wrapping it around a tree. Also, the video mode didn't seem to work too well, and it seemed like the sensor was weaker in video mode (didn't capture anything for months, but then captured many photos once I changed it off video). The image quality at night is very sharp, and very little graininess.

The newer A-5 camera is easy to set up the picture options, but I can't tell how many photos are remaining, or have been taken, or what the battery life currently is as easily as the older Moultrie. The image quality at night is much lower. Almost all photos come out very grainy and always blurry. I love the tripod mount on the bottom, I was able to drive a metal rod into the ground and use a cheap go-pro adapter to mount this camera at a height around 3 feet. Very slick (a chipmunk is using it as his lookout post). Despite the fact that I have set the time and date multiple times, and the pictures record the current date and time, the dates on the files as they are stored on the card are off by 1 year, 3 months, 22 days, 1 hour and 2 minutes. Not a big deal, as they are still chronological on the card, you just can't look for a picture on a certain date by looking at the file dates, you need to open the pictures up and look at the date stamped on the image. Odd indeed. The A-5 sensor seems to be much more sensitive than the older D55. This is good and bad. It has picked up birds in flight, but it also picks up trees blowing in the wind 50 feet away.

Over all, its a pretty good camera for the price. A little disappointed the image quality is lower, and the file date issue is a nuisance. I love the tripod mount option (in addition to the strap).

Looking at photos by other reviewers it appears the night photo quality varies quite a bit from camera to camera. Others had pics that were crystal clear and some appeared fuzzy or washed out by the night vision lighting. Daytime photo quality is okay but mine is one with the fuzzy night vision lighting.

Two more negatives are:
1. The overall size of this camera is quite large,
2. It doesn't give an indication on the LCD screen if there are pictures on the card and how many. A friend of mine has a game cam from a different manufacturer and you can see the LCD without opening it and it displays a picture count.

For the positives, the daytime pictures are okay (it's no Nikon D90) and the camera itself is relatively inexpensive.

For $50.00 it's hard to go wrong as long as it works but it definitely has it limitations. It won't do well what I bought it for. I wanted to know what critters I had visiting my water dish at night. During the day I see lots of birds, rabbits and the occasional coyote but I suspect there is more at night (in variety, not quantity). Also I have mystery burrows I never see used that are too big for the ground squirrels.

After two nights of testing I have discovered two things that I don't like about this entry level camera. The night pictures are very low quality due to lack of light as well as a low resolution camera. The pictures are not so bad you can't identify the subject but definitely nothing you'd want to save. The real problem is the motion detector. It's very erratic. It's slow to detect motion to the point that your subject may already be off screen or might not detect at all. The first morning I brought the camera in right after two quail had gotten their morning drink but neither tripped the detector so no picture at all. I got a fuzzy picture of a jackrabbits rump in the first of three series but the second and third had no critter. Testing with myself as the subject I got fair results if I was walking towards or away from the camera with the lights on but if I walked across the cameras view or turned the lights out the results were marginal.

I think this camera would be fine for large game, especially during the day, but for small animals at night or for personal property security you will be disappointed. I suggest spending more money. Somebody could steal a thousand dollars worth of your stuff and this $50.00 camera wouldn't help you catch or identify them unless they stopped to pose but then they'd take camera too since it's not designed for a permanent mount

Pros: Set Up is relatively easy. Use is easier. Set a couple of variables, turn it on and walk away.
Cons:" No memory card. No batteries. No way to look at your pictures. There is no display and the cable you need to download to a computer is not included. I understand not including the batteries but not including at least a 4 gig card and the patch cable is just stupid, especially when they don't mention the cable in the sales lit. You can pull the card and slip it into something that can read it but that excludes everything but a desktop with card readers or another digital camera. The cable and anything with a USB port is much simpler.

Takes great, clear pictures but the range is no where near 40 ft. Its more like 10 ft. I wasn't getting the pictures I expected so I tested it (a couple of times) and walked towards it. It did not take any pictures until I was within 10 ft. of it. I'm returning it and looking for a different one.

Becoming obsolete by Apple and Samsung products

The only complaint I have about this product is that the Flash Memory cards did not come with a plastic storage case. Once you open the package their is nothing to put the memory cards into when they are not being used.

Grandsons needed these for school. Assume they do the job as they have not complained about them

These were advertised as 8 GB.I rec'd two 4GB cards. That's okay, I can use same.

I think these will work fine, I just got the wrong ones. I needed the mini's. I will find a use though.

While this camera may deliver 2560 x 1920 (5Mp) pictures they are compressed so much you are only getting 1/4-1/2 the resolution. This ok if all you want to do is verify the location of a large animal in a particular area. Night photos are even worse.I purchased this camera to keep an eye on smaller animals like cats and foxes in my area, but it fails to trigger on anything smaller than a human. For a deer you should be ok.Bottom line if you want to capture local deer in your area this camera should be fine, but for smaller animals look elsewhere.

RETURNED -Worked for the first 2 days. After 2 days, the infrared light wouldn't come on at night. Motion would activated the camera, but we couldn't see anything. Every once in a while, it would work properly and we could clearly see the animal responsible for activating the camera. However, the Moultrie A5 only works when it wants to. Very inconsistent and unreliable. As many other reviewers have said.... "you get what you pay for."

I've returned 2 of the 3 cameras that I purchased for replacement, the first one didn't take night puictures at all, the 2nd quit taking night pictures after 2 weeks, the third one is still working at this juncture. The day pictures are sharp and clear with all cameras, but the night ones are cloudy and somewhat hard to distinguish whether it's a buck or a doe, maybe this is what is referred to as low glow?? I've purchased 4 other Moultrie cameras for my husband over the years and these last 3 are my least favorite ones. HIs too!update 11/12/15 all 3 cameras out of warranty now and are no longer working. Definitely not my best purchase

I ordered two of these. They were very inexpensive. The problem is that they work almost like a plot-watcher camera. They are so sensitive that virtually anything will cause them to take a picture. I suspect that clouds moving across the sky in the field of view triggers the camera as well because I have strung together cloud sequences into a movie that runs like an old-timey movie, a bit jumpy, but nifty time lapse of the day...only that isn't what I wanted. I wanted to see game.Yes, it catches game in the images, which is great. However, 1000 pictures a week when there are only 6 of deer is rather bothersome.If you want a camera that will work like a plot-watcher camera (almost), but will shoot thousands and thousands of images on a single set of batteries, then this is an inexpensive version that will work for you. If you want a game camera, don't waste your money.

I have several other Moultrie cameras. Older models and have been very pleased with them. This rascal will take 100 pics of nothing in one day. I have discussed with Moultrie as it is still under warranty. They described a procedure which is supposed to correct this issue which I will try later this week, otherwise if that does not work they asked I ship it back for repairs or replacement. I was advised not to mix SD cards between this camera and other cameras as that may be the source of some confusing software which caused the camera to take a pic every 1 or 2 minutes regardless of motion. I personally think it is a light issue as it happens at certain sun positions. Regardless, it is a little extra pain to keep the SD cards separate for this camera as I have 6 other moultrie cameras which work fine. They also steer me away from PNY SD cards. Say use only ScanDisk. This camera should not be so picky. Makes it a pain.

Cameras worked great for first night of pitcures, then used Moultrie Photo Viwer to look and delete, replaced SD card and camera reads FULL. Called Moultrie customer service, they did not make these cameras compatible with THEIR own viewers from last year. Their solution buy a new viewer for $100. This is not listed anywhere on camera. Returning and going with WildGame Innovations game camera. Have 5 other Moultrie cameras that work with viewer,for $100 can get almost two cameras. Make your products work together. Camera great, moultrie not.

This camera, The moulturd A-4 is lacking.
This is very unreliable camera, if you taped it to a game feeder you might see some game.
For the money.. the two best field camera products I have ever deployed are....
Scoutguard and Cuddeback.
However my most recent Cuddeback purchase has left me very disgruntled.
They do not make them like they used to. Chinese now I am sure.
Its a leaky piece of crap that will probably not make it through the season.
Anyway don't buy this moulturd!
sorry for the punctuation, buzzed and disappointed:(

Over the years I have purchased many different brands of field cameras.
This might be at the bottom of the barrel, Hard to say for sure as I have been through so many.

The unit takes nice pictures and had nice options for the price. But I noticed after a couple months that it would quit working. I would take it inside for the day, take out the batteries, put them back in, and then it would work. Lately it developed a fog over the top left part of the camera lens. There is also a fog in some of the infrared bulbs.

Yesterday it quit working. So I brought it inside. But it is not working today either. SO I think that whatever was causing it to occasionally fail has killed it.

Moultrie makes a great camera but this one has to be tied to something to stand up. We have big trees that have ants and poison ivy so I don't have an easy place to tie it. I also don't like the way the set up is done and it is not clear when you are erasing the disk. I have since bought another Moultrie, the 999i mini and that one is perfect. It sits up but is light weight and easy to figure out. I also loved the old 65 which was definitely heavy but for my purpose - watching the deer where I feed them - pets it sat on top of a stump or box just right. It had a weak switch connection though and fizzled out after a while.

I've had a Generation 1 out since August with no problems whatsoever and still on the original batteries. I bought a Generation 2 and have had issues with it from Day 1. The camera just went 5 days without taking one pic and has repeatedly failed to take pics while I'm walking up to it. On multiple occasions it took pics for 2 days after I fed then stopped taking pics once the deer starting coming to the feed again. I killed a nice 9 point that it failed to take pics of the 2nd time it came out after getting pics the first time. I also repeatedly get late pics that only show half the deer...........the half without a head..................which is also useless.

Additionally, it blows my mind the neither camera has a cover over the battery compartment. It hasn't been a problem with Gen 1 other than moisture getting in but the batteries will fall out when you open the Gen 2 if you're not careful. How much would that cover really cost? 15 cents?

I am pretty disappointed with this camera so far. First off the cheap plastic mounting strap buckled broke when I went to mount it. I have an older model moultrie and it is a way better design then this one. I had to go through 4 working sd cards before I found one that would not show "card full" even though they had nothing on them. The picture quality is poor along with the range of the motion sensor. Over all this is a very poor example of a moultrie product and I'd never buy another one of these.

The memory card stopped working while I was taking wedding pictures, I was unable to get any of the pictures off the card after it stopped working. I luckily had extra memory cards on me. If you're a photographer, do yourself a favor and invest in good memory cards, these are unreliable.

Always make sure to double check s/h prices first. 11.00 to ship a lightweight 8.00 package is rridiculou.

Disappointed they didn't come in the protective plastic cases like most sd cards come in.

they did not work in my game camera, do not know if they are to large (8) and I need a smaller, will check with the camera specs

Apparently these are micro-sd cards. Would be nice if it said so or was pictured as such.

First camera I received lasted 2 months then would only perform a countdown but not take pictures. I returned it and received a Generation II model as a replacement. It required 8 AA batteries rather than the 4 C cell batteries as in Generation I. (One of the reasons I purchased this camera was that it used 4 C cell batteries as do all my other game cameras) The replacement camera took 26 pictures then "died." It would not turn on again. I replaced the batteries but it would still not work. Customer service tried to blame Duracell batteries as being the cause even though I did not use Duracell. They gave me the option of either purchasing Everready batteries and trying to see if it work work with those batteries or returning the camera. I opted for returning the camera. I have now paid for 2 cameras to be returned and am disappointed with Moultrie products. Having to pay for 2 returns and still not having a functioning camera takes Moultrie out of the category of affordable trail cameras. I can only hope that the 3rd camera functions in an acceptable manner.

We have had a lot of coyotes in our area lately, so my wife and I decided that we would get a camera to see what went on in our area. We chose this one because it had decent reviews and was inexpensive. We put it up in the back yard to test it out before setting up a pole by the house to watch the perimeter. The camera was mounted according to the directions and set up to record images as quickly as it could (1 minute delay). We kept it in place for about a week in the back yard. We let our dog out in the yard many times a day for a week, and we have tons of rabbits in the yard, as well as squirrels, raccoons, etc. We checked the card and the camera only caught ONE image during the time we had it in place, and that one was caught when I installed the camera.We could have gotten a defective unit and you could have better luck, but I returned the camera for a refund, as I didn't feel like going through the hassle of trying again and having poor results.On a positive note, the build quality seems to be pretty good and the camera seems pretty sturdy. The case is water tight and it can be left out without worrying about water entering the housing. We had snow and ice during the time we had the camera up and nothing got inside the unit, as it was still frozen when we removed the camera and it was clean inside with no liquid.Your mileage may vary, but we had absolutely no luck with this camera.

I purchased the Moultrie A5 Low Glow Game Camera primarily to catch a fuel thief, who is stealing diesel fuel (paid for by School Board) from my school bus on the weekends. The only game cameras I have experience with are this one and the Simmons Whitetail, so this is more of a comparison than a review. The photo quality is more clear than the grainy photos taken by the Simmons Whitetail camera. The IR flash range is about the same as the Simmons. It has a decent trigger speed at 1.2 seconds, same as the Simmons. On the other hand, the recovery time (listed as "picture delay" on this website and "delay" on the camera) is 62 seconds, which is completely unacceptable. A fuel thief could trigger the camera, siphon out a few gallons of fuel, and be gone before the camera can take another picture. For comparison, the Simmons has a 5 second recovery time, FAR quicker. Another thing is that this camera only takes one picture per triggering, whereas the Simmons has a three-shot burst.This camera is advertised as low-glow, which it most certainly is not. The IR flash is just as bright (to the human eye) as the one on the Simmons camera. As well, the Simmons is much smaller. The Moultrie uses 4 C batteries installed vertically at the bottom of the camera, the Simmons uses 4 AAs installed in the same location. That's not really vital, but it could mean the difference between catching a thief or getting the camera stolen or damaged.If you're looking for a decent game camera on a budget, I don't recommend buying this camera. I instead recommend the Simmons Whitetail camera (Simmons Whitetail Trail Camera with Night Vision (4MP)). The images may be somewhat grainy, but at least it doesn't wait one full minute before taking another picture.

I saw plenty of good reviews on this item before I bought it - but look closely and you'll see that those are mostly within a short period of time of purchase. Those of us unlucky enough to have this item for several months have left all those negative reviews! Simply put, the A5 quits working after one go-round and no amount of battery changes, changes in memory cards, or anything else I've tried will bring this "hunk of junk" back to life. It gets one star for the original set of 200 photos, which included about 20 great photos of deer in our snowy backyard shortly after Christmas. Since then, nada. I get one photo of myself or my husband aiming the beam, then the camera apparently shuts down. A complete waste of money and really disappointing for my kids.

It worked well for three months and then the IR lights stopped working. Apparently there is no return or exchange for this item after a month and a half according to Amazon. Maybe they knew it was only good for a few months ! It was a gift for my Father and he enjoyed using it in his yard to see all the critters that visit at night.I am starting to rethink my relationship with Amazon after this and the upcoming rate hike.

these d444 I sent back, neither would take good pic and movies either, tried them for 3 weeks then sent back.Now these a5's I bought on amazon for $49.00 each have since went up to $54.00 ,11-9-14well after using them for a while about one year, just fall and winter, now the 2 cameras I bought decided they want to take photos when they want to, approx. 180 photos of the background in front of them, no weeds or limbs to set them off, grass mowed and 3 inchs high, so I set both to video, same blank movies, and one is near a wild view about 50 feet away over a clover patch, the wild view set on video had 20 vids of a small doe, the Moultrie had nothing but blank vids, I could see the doe was moving into the direction of the Moultrie but nothing but blank vids.ready to put them in the trash , always bought Moultrie but no more, had those 444 and they were junk and sent back, now these A5 junk to the wild view was the first I had bought, its works perfect day or night.not a happy camper

I've purchased 13 individual Moultrie products, and 7 of the 13 have failed within the warranty period. That is over 50%! On the positive side, the customer service I've received from Moultrie has been wonderful. Last year, after expressing my concerns about their lack of quality, they actually sent me a brand new camera. No return. No warranty. Just a new camera. That's service and a great way to try to retain a customer. With that said, I'm finally having to turn my back on Moultrie. I've got an A5 and the wireless modem both not functioning and boxed up ready to ship back to Moultrie. When I get the replacements, I'll probably just sell all my Moultrie products Craigslist. Will spend the extra money and get a Stealthcam next time

I've had notihng but problems with setting this camera up to take pictures. As was written by someone else, this camera's range is nowhere close to 40' and as the other person's review sated, this camera has only a range of about 10'. Very, very disappointed especially when you are in the hunting season and find out the camera you purchased and attempted to use doesn't perform to the manufactures specifications. Moultrie's customer service gave me some suggestions which didn't work either and suggested I sent the unit back. I tried at least a dozen times to set this up and it still would only take photos in the 10' range. Also the camera liked to take pictures of just the woods without and animals in any of the photo.

In the evening, I set up a dead squirrel as bait 12-15 feet in front of the camera. In the morning I went out to check and the squirrel was gone. I took the card out of the camera and took it in to view on my computer to see what animal had taken the squirrel and the only picture on the card was of me walking up to the camera that morning. Prior to this, I had it set up on my deck (above a walkout basement so about 12 feet off the ground) to see what critter was messing with bird feeders and tipping over plants, etc. I had it pointed at the stairs but about 25 feet away. I did get one picture of a raccoon - a closeup of about 3 feet away but nothing of it coming up the stairs and approaching the camera. I thought maybe it didn't use the stairs and climbed up one of the deck support legs from behind the camera. That was the only thing that made sense to me but didn't seem that plausible that the raccoon would shinny up a 12 foot 6x8 post as opposed to taking the stairs. Now that I know the camera isn't taking pictures when it should, i.e., the squirrel test, that explains why it didn't take pictures of the raccoon coming up the stairs. I am returning the camera to Amazon and will try another brand.

UPDATE: I contacted the seller and they suggested I use a slower speed SDHC card. I was using a class 10 card (which they said was too fast for the camera) so I tried a class 6 card and still had problems. I had to return it to the seller (not Amazon directly) and it is taking a bit longer. They said when they receive it back they will issue me a refund. Hoping for the best and will update if there is an issue with the return.

I bought two of these after reading the reviews. One unit is still working the other unit failed in less than 30 days. The seal failed causing the unit to fill with water and not function. I have been trying to find one of these units that will last more than a single season and will have to keep looking this one was a complete waist of money!!!!!! Do not buy this brand!!!

Put batteries in and left out for three days. Took it back and couldn't even get it to turn on. It's going back. I have another one that was bought locally that works great. Trying to save time backfired on this purchase.

One is working as advertised; one worked once and then quit. Would not buy again.

one of the cards is defective. have it in a camera and it does not record a picture. tried it in other device and it still does not work.
not worth sending back for one card. I don't know if the other card is bad. I don't have the packaging any longer so will put in the trash.

Disappointed in the quality of the last batch I received. We have used SanDisk in the past. The tab to lock the card has broken off, which prevents us from using the card in our camcorder. Thus has happened with 6 of the 8 cards we bought. We tried taping over the area, but the card is too thick to fit in the camera.

One of the memory cards was damaged right out of the package. One of the gold pieces on the back was bent outwards. Cannot use.

Product was not as described in the ad. The advertisement said that it could be used in cell phones this why i made this purchase. This was incorrect. It doesn't fit. I had to make another purchase for the right size. I didn't bother to send this product back for a refund because it was too much of a hassle.