Changed my mind – actually pretty good
Bought this to replace an old one that succumbed to the weather after a few years of use. Was lured to this because of the nice to have features and the promise of 4k video. WellI thought at first that the 4k video file had a problem and just couldnt get it to play. I wrote an initial review as I was unhappy with this then ate humble pie as I discovered the PC couldnt process the H265 codec quick enough. The file worked fine on my smartphone. Because of this newer codec the files are smaller than my more expensive Browning SpecOps Elite but the difference is that the latter seems to be able to capture moving objects so much better and this one blurs when things move unless they are doing so slowly. The photo quality is good unless at dusk or dawn when the IR hasn’t kicked in. The Inbuilt battery lasts well it appears and hasn’t shifted from 100% since it has been out for the last week. I suspect that it is the wireless feature that eats the battery. There is an option to change the shutter speed but for wildlife you need the fastest so that is 1/30. I checked the metadata and some of the shots are faster than this so a bit unsure what it does. It might be that it means it wont take it any slower than that. As regards to the wireless part I downloaded the app and went through the instructions. You need to give it permission to access photos and location which tbh is unsurprising. If the trailcam is within a few feet and turned on you can fire up the app. It will ask you if it can turn on bluetooth then try and pair with the trailcam. Once done it will ask you to connect via wifi. A bit clunky but technically this is probably the only way to enable it without having wifi on all the time and draining the battery. I couldnt remember the wifi password (in the manual) so abandoned it first time and checked what it was on the trailcam. After that the darned thing wouldnt connect again via bluetooth. I ended up finding the app on my android phone, forcing a stop and clearing the data (easy to do). Then when through the setup again with the right password and it actually worked! I can no sit in the allotment greenhouse at dusk and wait for the badgers to appear. In reality I would wire up a more robust system but I guess a nice feature to have. Lastly, is the solar feature useful? Really not sure. Most trailcams are in woods out of sunlight so wont charge but it is actually a good raincover for the lens!!! Cant quite give 5* but tbh it is way better than previous cheapish trailcameras and I am now happy with the result.

I’m just in early acquaintance mode with the camera but believe it to be of excellent quality and value for the money. A key feature was its ability to communicate with a mobile phone. The operating instructions covered off all the features but could have benefitted from some examples of what parameters each of the features might be set to for certain planned photo shoots. Experimentation and excellent client support helped me work through this and my contact committed to refining the operating instructions accordingly. Although we are in a suburban area, we are visited by a surprising number of different birds and mammals. The camera handled itself commendably. Its field of view equates to a very wide angle lens on a normal camera, so one must understand that images further away will be small. This may not be a problem, as the camera has very high resolution and one can pick amongst choices of higher resolution. I used the lowest resolution for my application but choosing a higher resolution would allow one to crop the picture afterwards, probably still retaining good resolution of the final edited photo. For night shooting, the motion detection feature seemed to work flawlessly. As for illuminating nighttime subjects, the camera’s infrared strength can be set amongst a number of choices of intensity. I’ve only used it for a subject distance of 20 feet but there are at least 2 more brighter choices for much more distant subjects. The camera unit itself seemed quite sturdy and weatherproof and had 2 modes of attachment, namely, built in loops for employing straps to tie it to objects plus a small camera tripod-like bracket for screwing to trees or manmade objects. One can view the photos saved on the camera’s SIM card, using a mobile phone and delete unwanted ones. Actual downloading of the photos requires retrieving the SIM card and using a USB connection to your computer device to either mass download or selectively. I tried that and it worked fine. The only real issue that I had was that the App for the phone can only communicate with the camera, through the camera’s built in Wi-Fi when the Wi-Fi is operating. Given that one would normally program the camera to shoot at certain times of the day, when that period is over the camera switches to “Off” and the Wi-Fi connection is cut. If you were using the mobile phone during the live Wi-Fi and did not exit from the App before the Wi-Fi closed, the next time you tried to access the camera through your phone, the App opens to the last page used and will not navigate back to the opening page where you would reconnect to the camera’s Wi-Fi. This is easily overcome by ensuring that you use the App’s “Exit” selection. This way, the connection screen on the App will be displayed the next time you open it for connecting to the camera. I’ve shared these observations with the Ceyomur support staff and they sound sincere in reviewing this issue – likely through adding more elaboration in the operating instructions. Regarding battery power, the unit is equipped with a solar powered rechargeable lithium battery. It can be charged initially using a USB connection and then maintain a charge if placed in a sunny area. My chosen location was in partial shade but the lithium batteries seemed to hold up well. Nonetheless, the unit has 4 AA batteries as backup for when the lithium battery is nearly drained. Overall, despite some angst in dealing with the communications issue, I believe the CY95 to be of excellent quality and value.

It is a little overwhelming finding a camera to buy and suit your needs, but with a little research and review reading, I ended up buying this Ceyomur 95 unit. I have had it for about 2 weeks now in the Yukon forest and so far I have been very happy with the quality of the photos! The build quality seems rugged enough, the solar power has kept at 100% over the 2 weeks, with weather between 5 and -5 degrees Celsius. I am new to the trail camera world, not a hunter but use the camera for strictly viewing beautiful animals for play and environmental work that requires wildlife data. The connectivity is awesome with my iphone, retrieving the data 20m away and not disturbing the unit and leaving any additional scent. I will leave the camera running while I enjoy my two weeks of days off, and hopefully return with some more spectacular photos and or video. Since this is my first camera purchase and have nothing to compare it to, I purchases another camera as I am very impressed with the price, quality and ease of use of the 95 unit. I will buy some screw type camera holders so I can mount them into the tree itself, using no straps to mess around with. Looks like I have a new hobby to add to the list! Thank you Ceyomur for the amazing camera you provide to folks like me, I have already recommended this camera to my hunting friends and photographers alike!

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