I recently purchased 4 of the T5NG's and did my own testing at home. This is an impressive camera, especially when considering the overall performance and I can't wait to see how it does in the mountains of SE Oklahoma. One thing that stands out to me in addition to the other strong attributes is the exposure time. Nobody seems to ever talk about exposure time and poor exposure time causes me to move on from an otherwise quality camera. A camera changes its exposure time based on the amount of light present. One photo at night may have a 1/15sec exposure and a full sun day picture with some sky may have a 1/4000sec exposure. The previous best camera for exposure speed overall was a Moultrie S50i with a peak at around 1/8000 in bright sunlight, no not a Browning. Some Browning cameras have a very good exposure speed and some are absolutely terrible such as a Browning Strike Force Extreme. The Strike Force Extreme was notorious for high blur, low quality photos in any type of low light but daytime situations such as a cloudy day or early and late. This easily blurring on slow moving animals will not happen with a T5NG. The night photo speed was 1/30 "twice as fast as the average quality camera" and the most extreme light scenario was insane fast, 1/11,363sec. Everything in between was top notch as well. The bottom line is this, if you want a camera that will produce far less motion blur in any condition, nothing I have ever tested will beat a T5 series Gardepro. The only downside to the daytime extreme high speed exposure times is an occasional darker image and they are not really that dark " not Bushnell dark", I will take that any day. Some cameras produce strange darker images without the benefits of fast exposure. Gardepro has something figured out. The quality of the images when zooming in on a photo from the T5 series is solid, not the best I have seen but very good. Everyone gets caught up on detection range and numbers of photos. What good is a long detection if you can't zoom in and identify the details that you need to see? This camera has solid zoom quality, extreme low blurring and night flash that exceeds its long detection range. What more do you need in a scouting tool?
Hey Rich, two very important improvements you didn't mention. At least important to me because I use only external batteries for all my trail cams (26). I have 4-A3's and was going to order some T5's but you are out of stock at this time. Anyway, with the A3 you have to unplug the external battery jack to open the door then plug it back in after shutting the door (a real PITA) whereas the T5 swings open with the door. Plus, the old A3 uses the weird 4mm jack and the T5 uses the more standard 5.5mm jack that fits my other cams---Browning, Stealth Cam, etc.
What video resolution/frame rates are available on the T5CF close focus camera ? The Specifications for this model on your website don't provide any detailed specs. The 'Read Our Technical Review' page states '1080p Video Resolution' but doesn't specify the frame rate. Also what is the video format and bitrate ? Thanks.
Hello, I appreciate you replying to my email regarding the night time video length which seems excellent at 5 minutes, it's such a neglected feature by other brands. The only reason I can possibly think of for such awful video length options in other brands is that it may have longer delays between switching off and on if the video captured is longer? is this a factor? I don't care about battery life. I'll try order one soon to replace my 12 year old bushnell HD. Though I guess with this camera there is no way of seeing what you have in frame when setting it up, seems like a feature that really should be standard by now. Is there any actual disadvantage to the close focus option? other than cost.
I recently purchased 4 of the T5NG's and did my own testing at home. This is an impressive camera, especially when considering the overall performance and I can't wait to see how it does in the mountains of SE Oklahoma. One thing that stands out to me in addition to the other strong attributes is the exposure time. Nobody seems to ever talk about exposure time and poor exposure time causes me to move on from an otherwise quality camera. A camera changes its exposure time based on the amount of light present. One photo at night may have a 1/15sec exposure and a full sun day picture with some sky may have a 1/4000sec exposure. The previous best camera for exposure speed overall was a Moultrie S50i with a peak at around 1/8000 in bright sunlight, no not a Browning. Some Browning cameras have a very good exposure speed and some are absolutely terrible such as a Browning Strike Force Extreme. The Strike Force Extreme was notorious for high blur, low quality photos in any type of low light but daytime situations such as a cloudy day or early and late. This easily blurring on slow moving animals will not happen with a T5NG. The night photo speed was 1/30 "twice as fast as the average quality camera" and the most extreme light scenario was insane fast, 1/11,363sec. Everything in between was top notch as well. The bottom line is this, if you want a camera that will produce far less motion blur in any condition, nothing I have ever tested will beat a T5 series Gardepro. The only downside to the daytime extreme high speed exposure times is an occasional darker image and they are not really that dark " not Bushnell dark", I will take that any day. Some cameras produce strange darker images without the benefits of fast exposure. Gardepro has something figured out. The quality of the images when zooming in on a photo from the T5 series is solid, not the best I have seen but very good. Everyone gets caught up on detection range and numbers of photos. What good is a long detection if you can't zoom in and identify the details that you need to see? This camera has solid zoom quality, extreme low blurring and night flash that exceeds its long detection range. What more do you need in a scouting tool?
Love the performance for the price, battery-life and excellent video quality of these GardePro cams!
Agreed!
Hey Rich, two very important improvements you didn't mention. At least important to me because I use only external batteries for all my trail cams (26). I have 4-A3's and was going to order some T5's but you are out of stock at this time. Anyway, with the A3 you have to unplug the external battery jack to open the door then plug it back in after shutting the door (a real PITA) whereas the T5 swings open with the door. Plus, the old A3 uses the weird 4mm jack and the T5 uses the more standard 5.5mm jack that fits my other cams---Browning, Stealth Cam, etc.
That is true. Thanks for the additional tips!
What video resolution/frame rates are available on the T5CF close focus camera ? The Specifications for this model on your website don't provide any detailed specs. The 'Read Our Technical Review' page states '1080p Video Resolution' but doesn't specify the frame rate. Also what is the video format and bitrate ? Thanks.
Video resolution: 1920x1080 (30 fps)
MP4 or MOV
@@Trailcampro OK thanks.
Why are the T5NG LED Bulbs visible and not covered like most other No Glow cams?
That is something that I don't have an answer for, just the way it is designed I would assume.
because they are using quality bulbs, and not relying on a darkened screen to do the no-glow.
Hello, I appreciate you replying to my email regarding the night time video length which seems excellent at 5 minutes, it's such a neglected feature by other brands. The only reason I can possibly think of for such awful video length options in other brands is that it may have longer delays between switching off and on if the video captured is longer? is this a factor? I don't care about battery life. I'll try order one soon to replace my 12 year old bushnell HD.
Though I guess with this camera there is no way of seeing what you have in frame when setting it up, seems like a feature that really should be standard by now.
Is there any actual disadvantage to the close focus option? other than cost.
This camera has a 2.3 sec recovery speed for video.
I'll try both. WF and CF when you get them.
We should have the WF in withing the next week or two I would think. You can pre-order now.