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Cuddeback Excite Camera: Getting it Out Into the Field
- By Jenn Jamie
- Published 05/31/2009
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Jenn Jamie
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Cuddeback Excite Camera Review
The Cuddeback Excite Camera is the entry-level offering from Cuddeback for people that are looking to get into the trail camera game and do not want to shell out a lot of money to do it. Cuddeback does offer more expensive cameras but this one is intended to give you the functions you need without the ones that you don’t.
Getting Started with the Excite
I got the camera home and I was anxious to get it going and see how it would do. I was able to get it up and running in no time. Setting the date and time was easy enough and I was on to the next step. Getting acquainted with the menu functions was not bad either, I tend to get frustrated with electronic devices that are not intuitive but this one had everything in a place that was simple to find and use. The buttons are big and easy, which is sometimes a problem for me with small equipment, I have big fingers and sometimes I can’t depress the button that I want to. I am a hunter, not a surgeon. I like that they make the on/off switch easy to find as well, when I try to turn off my wife’s camera I usually just end up handing the thing to her to figure it out. She also has the dainty fingers good for handling those tiny buttons.
Getting it out into the Field
I took the Excite out to the forest to get it strapped to a tree and taking pictures. I liked the fact that I could adjust the sensitivity of the sensor, without that feature you tend to get a few photos of leaves blowing in the wind or little critters that you aren’t that interested in. Once that was done, I set about attaching it to the tree. There is a method of putting the camera on with a strap but that seemed like it was just too much trouble so I used the torx head screw that lets you screw the camera right to the tree. The only caveat that I have for you here is that without the torx head wrench you will not be getting this thing off the tree. If you have placed your camera in a very remote location double check that you have the wrench with you. Maybe the strap is better for some but for me this was quick and easy, and it is good that they give you the option. Once you attach the camera to the tree, the cover goes over the screw to give you a measure of security.
Getting it Home
When I went and got the camera and put the images on the computer, I got pretty much what I had expected. There were a few lost shots because they were blurred out, but not that many. The overall picture quality was fair, exactly what you would expect from the 2.0 megapixel resolution. This was not a letdown as this camera is inexpensive to purchase and for the money the pictures were very useable. There really weren’t many wasted shots because of the camera’s sensitivity and I was happy with that. Overall I would say that the Excite is a good buy.
The Cuddeback Excite Camera is the entry-level offering from Cuddeback for people that are looking to get into the trail camera game and do not want to shell out a lot of money to do it. Cuddeback does offer more expensive cameras but this one is intended to give you the functions you need without the ones that you don’t.
Getting Started with the Excite
I got the camera home and I was anxious to get it going and see how it would do. I was able to get it up and running in no time. Setting the date and time was easy enough and I was on to the next step. Getting acquainted with the menu functions was not bad either, I tend to get frustrated with electronic devices that are not intuitive but this one had everything in a place that was simple to find and use. The buttons are big and easy, which is sometimes a problem for me with small equipment, I have big fingers and sometimes I can’t depress the button that I want to. I am a hunter, not a surgeon. I like that they make the on/off switch easy to find as well, when I try to turn off my wife’s camera I usually just end up handing the thing to her to figure it out. She also has the dainty fingers good for handling those tiny buttons.
Getting it out into the Field
I took the Excite out to the forest to get it strapped to a tree and taking pictures. I liked the fact that I could adjust the sensitivity of the sensor, without that feature you tend to get a few photos of leaves blowing in the wind or little critters that you aren’t that interested in. Once that was done, I set about attaching it to the tree. There is a method of putting the camera on with a strap but that seemed like it was just too much trouble so I used the torx head screw that lets you screw the camera right to the tree. The only caveat that I have for you here is that without the torx head wrench you will not be getting this thing off the tree. If you have placed your camera in a very remote location double check that you have the wrench with you. Maybe the strap is better for some but for me this was quick and easy, and it is good that they give you the option. Once you attach the camera to the tree, the cover goes over the screw to give you a measure of security.
Getting it Home
When I went and got the camera and put the images on the computer, I got pretty much what I had expected. There were a few lost shots because they were blurred out, but not that many. The overall picture quality was fair, exactly what you would expect from the 2.0 megapixel resolution. This was not a letdown as this camera is inexpensive to purchase and for the money the pictures were very useable. There really weren’t many wasted shots because of the camera’s sensitivity and I was happy with that. Overall I would say that the Excite is a good buy.