I was just looking at their other cameras this morning. It looks like the Hyperfire ones are faster: https://www.reconyx.com/product/Professional_Series

I haven't used any of their cameras. I'm looking for a video camera that will do well recording small birds at close-ish range. Please let me know if you have any suggestions!

I was looking for a camera with close focus too, since I want to use it to study small mammals. HyperFire 2 (HP2XSMODGBP) has a high trigger speed (0.2 sec) and it was specifically designed to study small animals, thus it seems to me that this model may be a viable alternative to UltraFire. Anyway, I was wondering if other cameras with the same features but higher video resolution exist.

Попробуйте серию фотоловушек Browning. Например, фотоловушка Browning Patriot.

Thank you Futoran. Have you ever used this model to obtain nocturnal videos of subjects at close distances?

Hi,

You can ask Reconyx to put a different lens, for smaller distances. You pay a small extra.

Another option is to attach a lens of reading glasses infront of the camera's lens. google it. also look at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y31pwALcyzE&ab_channel=OnceUponaForest

Good luck!

Thanks Amir!

We used old bushnell HD, opened them, turned the lens by 180° to the left, and had a focus of about 25cm! You could also use a macro-lens (like in the citation). Not really necessary to use a different lens but a different focus!

The flash needs to be shaded...

like here Article Use of a novel camera trapping approach to measure small mam...

another citation into that direction:

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0067940

Sometimes it is just a simple trick ;-)

For medium and large mammals (and birds) we recently use different models of browning, quite fast and robust.

California Department of Fish and Wildlife is currently working on small mammal camera trapping via drift fence with a modified focal distance that is done to specification by the manufacturer.

Here is the link to the storymap which explains more about the trapping: https://arcg.is/1eLnLi2

Thanks so much for this, Laura!

Back to Saras initial question:

A similar alternative is the Browning PATRIOT.