Building my DSLR Camera Trap
The very elusive Genet, with a Wood Mouse! I have been using 'Trail Cams' for a few years now and they are great for finding out what is living in our surrounding area, but image quality is pretty awful, no matter how much you spend. So, up until now, once I have located a creature with the 'trail cam', I have then set up my hide to try and record them with my DSLR. This has been very successful, but does have one major drawback......I need to be out at all hours, in order to photograph my target. Whilst that is ok during daytime, a lot of wildlife is nocturnal and even if I am prepared to wait in my hide all night, many of these creatures have an amazing range of enhanced senses, which will quickly inform them of my presence! What I needed, was a 'Trail Cam', capable of taking 'high definition' images of these creatures, so I have just built myself a DSLR Camera Trap. This results in my targets being photographed with a 'proper' camera set up,