Lidl Wildlife Camera

fryup · 08-06-2013 09:55AM #1

Is this camera worth purchasing??

Want it for night time footage in the back garden

Snowc · 09-06-2013 04:14PM

I would also like to know its also not water proof which is putting me off.anybody buy em lastyear?

Alun · 09-06-2013 04:27PM

Seems to be made by Bresser, the same company that makes the Lidl binoculars. This appears to be it http://03487b0.netsolstores.com/bresser5mpgamecamera.aspx The manual doesn't actually refer at all to it's waterproofness, one way or another, which is odd.

10-06-2013 08:17AM

Waterproof doesn't matter as you need to protect the lense anyway. Build/buy a security box so you can put it in fields and stuff and not worry about it being robbed. Make sure it's discrete! Standby time is pretty good so I don't see why it's not worth the 99 quid.

Snowc · 15-06-2013 04:57PM

Aldi have one in thursday which looks like a better piece of kit

https://www.aldi.ie/en/specialbuys/thursday-specialbuys-20th-june/products-detail-page/ps/p/wildlife-camera/

fryup · 15-06-2013 04:57PM

so which is best??

aldi or lidl

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 15-06-2013 05:06PM

fryup wrote: »

so which is best??

aldi or lidl

The post above yours suggests Aldi is better.

Half-cocked · 15-06-2013 05:23PM

The Aldi camera looks identical to an old Ltl Acorn model that has been superseded. The new model has a drop down base incorporating the LCD screen and controls access. If I remember correctly they changed the design because of leakage problems. Looks like Aldi may have got a batch of old stock from somewhere. If you can place the camera where it won't get wet, or fabricate a cover, this is quite a good buy. I have the newer model and it cost me €170:eek: The Lidl model also looks familiar but I can't place it.

Snowc · 15-06-2013 05:44PM

Half-cocked wrote: »

The Aldi camera looks identical to an old Ltl Acorn model that has been superseded. The new model has a drop down base incorporating the LCD screen and controls access. If I remember correctly they changed the design because of leakage problems. Looks like Aldi may have got a batch of old stock from somewhere. If you can place the camera where it won't get wet, or fabricate a cover, this is quite a good buy. I have the newer model and it cost me €170:eek: The Lidl model also looks familiar but I can't place it.

#3 year warranty so if it ****s up cause of water your covered,whats the range like?

fornjot · 15-06-2013 05:48PM

Yes, looks like the Bresser Game Camera.

There are a couple of customer reviews on the US Amazon site here, and a couple of example photos.

http://www.amazon.com/Bresser-Mega-Pixel-Preview-Camera/product-reviews/B0053VGQLS/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

Half-cocked · 15-06-2013 08:04PM

Snowc wrote: »

#3 year warranty so if it ****s up cause of water your covered,whats the range like?

I've only used mine at close range - hedgehogs, wood mice, urban foxes, pheasants visiting feeders etc. Don't know what it would be like trying larger stuff further out. Maybe I need to do some tests....

anthonyos · 15-06-2013 08:08PM

I got the primos truth cam 35 a few weeks ago and only set it up last night in the garden with bird seed I got a lot of crows on it this morning ..im happy with it every interesting looking back at them all fighting:)

Reine · 16-06-2013 02:06PM

Would this be any use as a home security camera?

philstar · 20-06-2013 06:22PM

did anyone buy these?? are they any good??

Snowc · 22-06-2013 10:05PM

had a good gawk but no sign of em ,whether sold out or never arrived ?

Alun · 23-06-2013 12:37PM

Snowc wrote: »

had a good gawk but no sign of em ,whether sold out or never arrived ?

In my local Lidl they've taken to just putting single samples some of the smaller, more valuable (and therefore attractive to shoplifters!) stuff in a locked glass cabinet. You have to ask a member of staff to get one out of the stock room for you.

Half-cocked · 23-06-2013 06:22PM

Aldi in Bray had some left earlier today, I got one. Haven't tested it yet but it looks the part and comes with an SD card. A gamekeeper friend bought the Lidl model during the week and got pics of foxes, cats, walkers and a hedgehog.

fryup · 27-06-2013 12:31PM

my local lidl & aldi are sold out

how about the maplins one made by swann is it any good?

Half-cocked · 27-07-2013 05:05PM

I left my Aldi cam strapped to a tree overlooking a plank bridge over a mill race on a friends farm for a month. A lot of shots of branches swaying in the wind but also a Kingfisher, Rats, Badgers, Foxes, Moorhens, Blackbirds, Wood Pigeons and a blurred head that I think may be a Water Rail (I've seen them here before) and this:

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My first ever Pine Marten? For scale, the plank is about 10 inches wide. This is the best of several shots of it, seems to be a regular user of the bridge. I've left the camera down there again set to take video this time.

fryup · 28-07-2013 09:54AM

lovely shot,

just curious what part of the country ?? pine martens numbers seem to be on the increase

Half-cocked · 28-07-2013 11:36AM

fryup wrote: »

lovely shot,

just curious what part of the country ?? pine martens numbers seem to be on the increase

South Kildare, near Castledermot. Incidentally, the grey squirrel numbers have crashed in that immediate area, so I wasn't surprized to see the Marten. In previous years I would have gotten a lot of shots of squirrels, this time only 1 showed up. Haven't seen any around the usual spots at all this year. I wonder if Mr Marten is responsible?:D

Zoo4m8 · 28-07-2013 07:46PM

Terrific shot, That's really put it up to me! I have deer ( sika) , foxes , rabbits and of course cats captured on mine. Lots of action for about a week then nothing. I notice in a lot of the nighttime shots that the animal is looking at the camera and I think it's emitting some type of sound that is spooking them.

I'm going to shift to a new location and like you try the movie mode.

Unfortunately I'm a complete technophobe , I use an iPad and don't have a clue how to post pics or indeed links to same.

Half-cocked · 28-07-2013 07:50PM

I've noticed at night an internal filter flips across the lens inside the cam when it takes a shot, something to do with the IR recording. It's not very noisy but animals with acute hearing would hear it, might explain why they are looking at the cam when the shot is taken.

Zoo4m8 · 28-07-2013 09:29PM

Hmmm, that would explain that, and nights in recent weeks have been very still here with no other 'covering'noise. Thanks.

fryup · 28-07-2013 10:09PM

Half-cocked wrote: »

In previous years I would have gotten a lot of shots of squirrels, this time only 1 showed up. Haven't seen any around the usual spots at all this year. I wonder if Mr Marten is responsible?:D

well apparently the pine marten is having an effect on the grey squirrel population, as the grey squirrel feeds at ground level the marten takes advantage of this...and now the native red squirrel numbers are on the rise...so 3 cheers for the pine marten

Snowc · 29-07-2013 08:42PM

Half-cocked wrote: »

I left my Aldi cam strapped to a tree overlooking a plank bridge over a mill race on a friends farm for a month. A lot of shots of branches swaying in the wind but also a Kingfisher, Rats, Badgers, Foxes, Moorhens, Blackbirds, Wood Pigeons and a blurred head that I think may be a Water Rail (I've seen them here before) and this:

My first ever Pine Marten? For scale, the plank is about 10 inches wide. This is the best of several shots of it, seems to be a regular user of the bridge. I've left the camera down there again set to take video this time.

Love pic looks more like a mink thou

philstar · 29-07-2013 10:26PM

^^^^^^^^^^^^

no its definitely a marten you can tell by the white tuft on its chest

Half-cocked · 29-07-2013 11:11PM

Mink have much shorter legs too, more otter-like. I've trapped a few mink in the past and they don't have that creamy chest patch.

Half-cocked · 19-08-2013 09:53PM

And here is a Mink!

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Not the Aldi cam, but a similar model.

Birdnuts · 19-08-2013 10:58PM

Half-cocked wrote: »

And here is a Mink!

Not the Aldi cam, but a similar model.

I'm sure you know what you need to do next HC;)

Half-cocked · 19-08-2013 11:03PM

Birdnuts wrote: »

I'm sure you know what you need to do next HC;)

2 mink traps baited with mackerel already set.

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