CAMPARK Trail Camera 12MP 1080P T40

A trail camera is a camera which is designed to operate unattended outdoors and to automatically capture pictures or video of anything that triggers the built-in motion detector. They are mainly used to monitor wildlife activity but could be used for security purposes also.

This new model T40 from CAMPARK arrived packed in an attractive mid-market product box inside of which was the camera itself, metal floor/surface mount with screw fittings, retaining tree mount strap, micro-USB to USB cable, User Guide. Although the camera itself is made of plastic and is rather lightweight (which is perhaps no drawback) build quality seems fine in general. The User Guide is large, reasonably well printed and in understandable English. I include key sections scanned to the end of my unboxing video. Switch to full screen and pause as needed to read it.

The camera takes four or eight AA batteries, a lot but it means it can be left to operate untended over extended periods. Take note that if used intensively the batteries will quickly run down but in normal use should last up to six months. The batteries are housed in a compartment in the main body of the unit. It has the option to use an external 6v power supply (not supplied). On the front of the device are the lends, infrared LED panel, wide angled motion sensor. On the side are clips to secure the front and rear sections of the camera, these work well but I would prefer it had they been more robust. When the clips are released the front and back of the device open out on a hinge. On the underside is a metal tripod screw and a grommet protected external power supply input. On the inside of the front face is a colour LCD screen, with navigation buttons alongside. Below is a three-way turret switch for Off/TEST/ON. On the underside of the front panel are a TF card slot (for cards up to 32GB), AV port. Fitting the tiny card can be a little tricky particularly when on site and the camera is probably best removed from the mount an..