I check pics from about 15 of these daily.
- You can increase battery life by adjusting your settings, I'm pretty sure this is well addressed in the Tactacam FAQ online, as you probably don't get a paper manual with the cam anymore.
- Use it for a while and if you like it, get a solar panel for it. They work great. Panel charges panel batteries and the cam runs off them as long as they have juice, otherwise they revert to the AA batteries. With good sun exposure, you could probably go years without replacing batteries.
- You have the option to take multi-shots. Unless things have changed, only the first shot gets sent over the cell network and the remainder are only stored on the SD card.
- Sent picture quality seems to vary from good to fair, but rarely excellent or poor. Sent pictures are always lower quality than you will get by taking them off the SD card.
-The antenna screw in connection is somewhat fragile and not easy to fix if you break it.
-Use the type of SD card recommended and start with a fresh format.
- Update the firmware on the camera before using it.
- I like viewing the pics on a full size computer monitor, but if you want to change camera settings you will need to do it through the app on your phone, ipad, etc.
Good luck.
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