Silent Image Fact Sheet – April 2006
Triggers
– Select whether you want to use the camera’s internal motion trigger, adjust the
trigger sensitivity and advanced trigger settings, select the number of pictures you want to take
after a trigger occurs (the NearVideo
TM
sequence of images
) and the number of seconds to pause
between pictures, set a quiet period (trigger delay), and set up a schedule specifying on and off
periods during the day/night when the camera will react to triggers.
Time Lapse
– Select whether you want to take time lapse pictures, the number of minutes to
wait between pictures, and set up a schedule specifying on and off periods during the day/night
when the camera will be taking time-lapse images.
Images
– Enter a camera
label
that will be stored in one of the
Image Data
bands
on each picture
the camera takes, adjust brightness, contrast, and sharpness, and select the temperature scale and
type of hourly display the camera uses.
CodeLoc
– Set a four-button CodeLoc
TM
password sequence and specify whether or not it is
required to activate the camera.
Triggers
The Silent Image camera can be set to take pictures as a result of triggered events (motion
detected), via the internal motion sensor. You can also adjust the sensitivity of the internal
motion detector and set an optional trigger delay on this tab.
After the Silent Image camera is activated by a trigger, it takes a NearVideo
TM
sequence of
images
. You specify the number of pictures you want to take in a NearVideo sequence, and how
quickly you want the pictures to be taken. The Silent Image camera is capable of taking pictures
at the rate of up to five frames per second continuously (Rapid Fire mode), although the speed at
which the images are saved to the CompactFlash (CF) card may vary depending on the type of
card you’re using (see
CompactFlash
®
Cards
). If you are using a slower CF card, the Rapid
Fire performance may be only two or three frames per second.
The NearVideo feature allows you to see more than just the animal that triggered the camera;
NearVideo sequences lets you see what the animal was doing and determine how long it was in
the camera’s field of view. Although the Silent Image camera can be set to take only one image
per trigger, it is generally advantageous to take
three or more
pictures per trigger to be sure that
you can clearly see the features of the animal from multiple angles as it moves within the
camera’s
field of view
.
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