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What are the best kind of batteries to use?
The best choice of battery depends on your individual needs. Typically, we
recommend alkaline batteries with the highest milliampere hour (mAh) rating
possible. mAh is a measurement of how much power a battery contains, whereas
the volt (V) measurement is a measure of how much of that power it will release at
a time. All AA batteries are around 1.5V, regardless of their mAh rating. If you’re
planning to keep using the
OutbackCam
on a regular basis, then rechargeable
batteries will prove the most economical choice in the long term.
How do I know my
OutbackCam
won’t be stolen?
The short answer: That’s just the chance you take.
The longer answer: Sure, you (and we) can’t
guarantee
that someone with light
fingers won’t find the camera and pilfer it - but there are some things you can do
to minimise the chances of this happening. Here are some suggestions.
Mount the
•
OutbackCam
somewhere out of sight, or at least somewhere which
isn’t obvious. People can’t take what they don’t know is there.
Make use of the padlock clasp, and use as sturdy a padlock as will fit. Locks
•
are great deterrents.
If you’re really need to secure the
•
OutbackCam
, then you can consider using
a security lock and chain, like those typically employed as bicycle locks. If the
chain is too thick to fit through the padlock socket, try attaching it to the
padlock itself.
How many images/videos can I fit on my SD card?
Short answer: Depends how big your SD card is.
Long answer: Individual 15 second video recordings range from between 15 to
30MB a piece, depending on the complexity of the images and the speed of
motion within the scene. So, for arguments sake (and for ease of math) we’ll say
that the “average” size of a video is 25MB. Thus, 40 videos will make 1GB. So, if
you exploit the maximum capacity of the
OutbackCam
and use a 32GB card, you’ll
be able to store 1200 or more video recordings. That’s one recording per hour for
53 days!
Still images at high quality are typically require about a half a megabyte (500KB)
and at low quality approximately half that amount (250KB). Which means you’ll
get a little over 60, 000 images to our aforementioned 32GB SD card (assuming
it’s not already full of video, of course). Which is one picture every five minutes
for about 7 months. If that’s not enough, then try low quality pictures - you’ll get
somewhere in the vicinity of 120, 000 pictures on the card.
