Thread: Trail camera not capturing image a night

Originally Posted by MB

OK, thanks everyone for your help. Photo only mode seemed to do the trick and "1 photo in series" was more reliable than multiple photos in series. I can see the LED flash coming on with my naked eye. Effective range is about an arms length, beyond that it's back to black nothingness. Is that normal for cheapo cameras?

From your description it sounds like the ir bulbs are stuffed you should get about 10m range even with a cheap one, either that or the units sensor has drifted and is no longer responding to infra red light.