| I have tested some of the Cuddeback products in the | | | | have to give credit to Cuddeback for maintaining great |
| past and I have had mixed success with them. For the | | | | trigger speed on its cameras. |
| most part they have been decent cameras but the | | | | Batteries |
| image quality was fair and I had some problems with | | | | The Cuddeback Expert takes four D size batteries. |
| the mounting system that they used. I was anxious to | | | | The battery life is about four weeks on this model. The |
| see if they had made improvements on some of | | | | manual tells me that when the battery level indicator |
| these issues. | | | | gets to one then the batteries should be replaced. |
| The Image Quality | | | | When it was at one, it seemed like it was out of juice. |
| The images taken by this camera are a little better | | | | It did take a fair amount of pictures but the life of the |
| than the previous 3.0 model. They are not the quality | | | | batteries could be improved upon. If you are planning |
| that I get from my Sony Cybershot but that is not the | | | | on using rechargeable batteries then you will see the |
| use that they are intended for. I would rate the image | | | | battery life cut in half so it is probably not advisable |
| quality somewhere between fair and good. It is | | | | unless you plan to be checking on your camera very |
| sufficient for using as a field camera to research the | | | | often. |
| deer I want to track. You might have some trouble | | | | Other Features |
| blowing up or cropping images but overall it is not bad. | | | | One thing that has been a contention for me is the |
| The Trigger Speed | | | | equipment that comes with many field cameras for |
| In my opinion maybe the most important feature of a | | | | setting them up on the tree. Cuddeback has been no |
| field camera is its ability to capture images quickly. I | | | | exception to this rule, although the current set up is an |
| have been using field cameras for some time, and the | | | | improvement on the former. You can padlock the |
| early generation cameras were painfully slow. Some | | | | case closed which is good, but they could improve the |
| of them were even over five or six seconds. This is | | | | strap system even more if they wanted to really |
| one area where the Cuddeback Expert absolutely | | | | make this an easy to use unit. |
| excels. This is actually the faster camera I have ever | | | | Overall the picture quality is ok with this camera, the |
| used in terms of its trigger speed and that is a big plus. | | | | functions are actually pretty good and the trigger |
| Those early generation cameras took plenty of | | | | speed is outstanding. The cost of these cameras |
| pictures of the forest by itself, and often I could not tell | | | | remains low, so if you are getting into the field |
| if the sensor was just picking up movement of | | | | photography I would suggest that this one is worth a |
| branches or if the camera was trying to capture a | | | | look. |
| buck moving quickly through the focus of the camera. I | | | | |