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2009 WGI S1.3
Steel baking pan bracket
Buy a 8X8X2 steel baking pan and drill two
holes and the S and I series WGI cams will fit snug inside the pan as a
security enclosure. The cost of the pan is from $5 to $7 and can be
found in most grocery or department stores like Kmart and Walley
World. The supplied bungee cables can be used to hook the pan to the
tree and a Python around the tree and through the holes (1/2") drilled
in the handle portion of the pan. The holes should be drilled so that
the cable passes over the the red green indicators on the front of the
cam. A stick behind the pan can be used to bring the pan into aim so
your camera can capture the pictures of that monster.
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We started off testing the S-2 and then got into
the IR-4 cameras that are also produced by this same company. The
history started last year with the Timber View camera and the
function was doing pretty good until we got to the battery life and
that little sucker was amp hungry. Well the first two of these
cameras we are still in review with are still on the tree and have
not failed yet because of battery. This is a good looking camera
that is flat black but still has a slight sheen that is very soft.
The measurements are approximately 8X 7X 2 ½
inches. Being that it is small and light, it should be fairly easy
to conceal on a tree. The front view is the flash on the top front
with the PIR sensor and camera lens under that. This is a picture
only camera without the video function. Four loops are located at
the corners of the camera where the supplied bungee straps can be
hooked to mount to the tree. There are no strap holes on the back of
this camera. Two latches open the door up to expose a full gasket to
keep things moisture proof. Inside there is the two function
indicators (red/green) for PIR and write function. The battery
compartments are located left and right which take two C cells
positive side down. The LCD is under that with the programming and
on/off button just under that. Programming is very simple and the
instructions are written very well. We tested the two big brothers
to this camera and they both had trigger times just over one second
and the S-2 which is also white flash has the same strobe as this
one and it performed well on the flash range tests. I need to make
some pictures of this and then it will be off to the trigger time,
flash range, and sensing range testing. Once that is done we will
try to find a place on the hill to put this unit. We have several on
going reviews which has our space limited at this time. The jabber
on some of the outdoor forums led me to going ahead and grabbing one
of these to test because I was not seeing anything that was anywhere
near being negative. Having a functional $50 camera is a big plus in
today’s market.
08-08-2009 update: We managed to find time to sneak in and
get some trigger times that proved to be a solid 2 second with and
without flash which we are satisfied. The sample pictures from one
night showed that the pictures are pretty good and clear for a
camera rated 1.3 and costing $50. We expect the battery life to be
the same two weeks that we have squeezed out of its two brothers. I
think I am going to like this little camera and I have a special job
for it if it proves to be reliable throughout the review. The flash
range should be useful out to 50 feet and sensing came out at
48 feet for this 71 degree evening. Back to the hill for a few more
days collection samples then on to the field for a little long range
testing.
08-15-2009 update: We completed the
battery life testing on this camera and it was very similar to the
WGI S2. The test started on 08/07/09 and completed on 08/15/09 for
about a week of service and pulled in 843 photos during this time.
For a $50 camera this little camera has done very well so far.
Because of the load we have on cameras pending we are going to close
this review.
Trigger Time
without flash - around 2 seconds
 
with flash - around 2 seconds
 
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