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2011 Hunten Outdoors GSC30-30IR 26 count red
flash 3 MP day/1.3 MP night camera review
I want to start off and say that this cam is also wrapped in the same
pattern as the 70 IR camera and believe me it is
a very good color for the woods. It also has the
advanced sensing that Hunten has developed and
worked so good during the 70 IR tests. This cam
comes with a strap and USB cable and warranty
card that has to be done within the first couple
weeks to be valid for the full year of limited
coverage.
A little while back there was a relationship between the WGI system and
this system. That relationship split and now we
have two different companies using a very
similar design as far as appearance. If
you were to put the N2 WGI camera and this
camera side by side you could see the
similarities. No one however is using this camo
color which seems to maybe be an exclusive
color.
This is just above the mini camera size and just has a small array at
the top front and the sensor and lens below
that, the only other things is the two sensor
indicators and on the back a 6 volt external
power port. The door has a good full seal gasket
for weather protection.
Inside is the LCD and control buttons sandwiched inside two tube battery
holders (4 C cells). The SD card slot (up to 8
gig) and USB port are across the bottom front.
This is a single 3 MP still camera with a single video resolution (20
sec 640X480) plus on the single setting you can
also select up to a 4 burst. The programming was
strait forward and easy to do and the manual was
also easy to follow if needed. Delay is down to
10 seconds and up at 30S, 1M, and 2M. The delay
seemed to be fairly accurate.
The initial picture quality showed that this camera possibly has better
picture quality than the 70IR we are also
testing. The inside pictures was pretty good
with good illumination and the outside with
color did hot have the amount of fuzziness as
the 70 IR did. My estimation as to trigger time
is that it is close to 1 second. With a cost of
about $75 I think many will value with these
cameras. Just having a camera with this color
and a 10 second delay/1 second trigger seems to
be all that is needed providing the balance of
the review holds together.
We will also have to state that we have no
reports pro or con about customer service so we
cannot report on this at this time but we are
very busy trying to gather that data.
09-11-2011 update:
Once in the lab the testing went well. The
trigger came out about 1.30 seconds for with and
without flash. The day and night range came good
with good color and a slight degree of fuzziness
and the night range showed the flash to be a
little weak and good out to 40 feet. The sensing
was good to 50 feet at the temperature of 78
degrees.
11-19-2011 update: Battery life lasted
3812 pictures and 86 videos in 68 days total.
Trigger Tests
( without flash 1.29s)
( with flash 1.31s)
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