| Cuddeback Excite Camera Review: I recently took out | | | | images however. There were nothing but shots with |
| the Cuddeback Excite Camera to the woods and | | | | only a couple of deer over the entire SD card. I guess |
| gave it a few tests and for the most part I was | | | | that the sensor was triggered by a branch moving in |
| pleased with the results that I got. | | | | the wind and the camera just kept taking shots. I don't |
| The First Time Out | | | | know if this was because of my placement, as the |
| Setting up the Excite Camera was pretty simple. I | | | | first batch had turned out but boy was that a letdown. |
| really don't want to spend a lot of time on the setup of | | | | This may have been my fault as I had the sensitivity |
| a camera and this one was straightforward and easy | | | | setting on high. I didn't get another chance to test it out |
| to use. The instructions are clear and the buttons and | | | | but next time I will give the low sensitivity setting a try |
| functions are easy to follow. I set up the camera on a | | | | and see if I can get better results. |
| tree looking over a trail that I figured would have a | | | | Overall Impressions |
| good amount of deer passing through and left it for | | | | The Excite is easy to use, and at least on my first test |
| about three weeks before I went back and picked it | | | | I found that the picture quality is sufficient. One thing |
| up. When I took a look at the images they were pretty | | | | that is really nice about this camera is that the trigger |
| good. The Excite is a 2.0 megapixel camera, and the | | | | speed is really fast. For the set of shots that worked |
| resolution is fair. There were a few shots that ended | | | | out, the only ones that weren't that great were the |
| up a little blurry but not that many and I was happy | | | | ones that were a little blurry but there weren't any |
| with the number of shots that turned out well. When I | | | | missed shots because of slow trigger speed. Battery |
| got the camera it still had battery life and some room | | | | life is pretty decent, both times I put it out it did not run |
| on the SD card so I could have left it a little longer but I | | | | out of batteries so that is a good thing. |
| was anxious to see how it did. | | | | One thing that the camera could use is an infrared |
| The Second Time Out | | | | flash. The conventional flash means better quality |
| This time I chose a different location, out near a field | | | | pictures but the infrared flash does not spook the |
| that the deer were known to frequent. I left it for about | | | | game and it will not alert other people to the location of |
| the same amount of time and then went out to get it. I | | | | the camera. I think that this is a good product for the |
| was pretty frustrated when I got back to view the | | | | price and I would buy one again. |