2007 Camera Shoot out
July 24, 2007Moultrie D-40 vs. Wildview 4.0.
We are going to do a controlled test with these two cams looking at a feeder at 20 feet and close attention to aiming and north south orientation will be followed. We know that during this warm weather time sensing at a distance is sometimes an issue. Both of these cams have proven themselves in the independent tests. We are also aware that there is a chance that the flash of both cams may fire at the same time so we will not be judging the night flash picture quality when this happens. Both cams will be set at 1.3 resolutions and in auto flash mode. There will be no hoods (roofs) used during these tests to insure that we will not be interfering with the ambient light reaching the daylight sensor. Both of these cams fall in the $100 range and are in direct competition with each other. We have really kinda fell in love with what is on the market and when you can only spend a few dollars and get some pretty good readable pictures we are impressed. So let the flash capacitors charge and the fun begin.
07-28-2007 update: These two one hundred dollar cams flashed their little harts out trying to out do each other. The care taken to try to make things as equal as possible were done, but it seems that Moultrie has definitely outdone the WV-4 in this test as far as ability to sense and capture pictures. The WV-4 took 105 pictures and 4 were whiteout and 23 were washouts but still readable. The Moultrie D-40 took 299 pictures with no problems both with flash and daytime pictures. Neither cam showed any indication as far as low battery indications. The test ran from 07-24 through 07-28 and all functions worked. There was one case where both cameras caught a doe at the same time (see below) and it will show an indication of picture quality. We felt that the WV-4 had a slight edge on picture quality, but both cams have a small need for more clarity. The WV-4 has developed a problem where the camera will not turn off and requires that the batteries have to be pulled in order to pull the card. This cam will probably have to be returned to be checked. Even though the Moultrie has it beat in trigger time and sensing, the little WV-4 has its ease of operation and size in its favor.
Both cameras fired at the same time on this doe.
As you can see there is a light colored area on the
Moultrie photo. This is a phenomenon we have
seen before and does not indicate a malfunction but
has something to do with simultaneous flash:  |
| Here are a couple of day time photos in the same time period to compare for quality purposes:
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