Solar Trail Camera - Campark T180 TC08 - Full Review
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- Campark sent me this Solar Trail Camera T180 TC08 in exchange for an honest review. I tested the trail camera in my garden and show videos of badgers and foxes - plus I review all aspects of this Hunting camera, explaining exactly what all the camera settings mean and the best ones to use. If you are new to Trail Cameras and want good quality images this is the review to watch.
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Thanks very much for your extremely comprehensive video review. I purchased a TC08 with confidence after watching your video and have been enjoying it ever since.
Thank you - glad you are enjoying using your trail camera.
I forgot to add this question. On the Phone app in the settings there’s the PIR interval, but then there’s also a setting called intervall. Yes it spelled with two Ls. I’m not sure what that one is for and I leave that off.
I've just checked my app with the T180 and I only have 'PIR Interval' I'm using the GameCameraPro app with my T180. I wonder if you have a more up-to-date camera using a more recent app?
I really can't think of another interval setting except the shooting interval when using the timelapse mode.
thanks for the review I bought the TC06 but was sending it back, it had a failed IR filter, so I ordered another solar trail cam that might be manufactured by Campark but it's Voopeak brand on Amazon it will arrived in a. couple days, I am excited to use it and hope it works well, since I tried 3 different trail cams so far
Sorry to hear your new camera had a failed IR filter. I watched your video with the pink tinge. The first trail camera I bought a few years ago was also pink - I didn't understand what the problem was and by the time I took it out again the warrantee had expired so I had to just throw it away. I am a big fan of the solar cams, they really work - even with English sun! Good luck with your new camera.
Paul finally all my settings are the same as yours the only difference my camera has 46m so I have left it at 4K and not 2Kand I have a 128GB Ulyta 10 SD card and I can't test it now until tomorrow but after all your help I Wii give you my results.THE CAMERA IS NOW TURNED ON AND IN RECORD MODE
I’m delighted you’ve made progress and will be interested in what you record. Over the next few weeks I’ll be doing a video on feeding my hedgehog using these trail cameras.
Good luck!
Thank you Paul, exactly what I needed for a buying decision. I had a paw print in my garden and am curious who the culprit is
It’s always exciting finding out what’s happening when you’re not there!
Glad my review was useful to you.
Video and pictures look very good!!
Thank you! 👍
Hi Paul from Oz
Does the TC 22 come with one or two built in batteries ? Thanks Geoff
You do great reviews on all Campark trail cameras
Hi Geoff, I have downloaded the pdf manual and it says the camera has a 4400mAh lithium battery.
So I take that to mean one battery but of course it could be a number of batteries held together to make 4400mAh.
Thank you for the review. I have several Camparks and other cameras. I am in the market for this camera and will check the specs. Often cameras that advertise 2k and 4k fall short on the accuracy of the frame rate and bit rate. Independent checking is needed. ( free programs online) this is often the issue for night mode especially. I have several three-sensor cameras and do not notice an appreciable improvement in trigger speed. I have turned it off when I have a narrow subject area. This is a bit of a misnomer as it is the processing buffer that dictates the beginning of capturing the image. The speed of video capture is typically 10 X the advertised photo capture speed. There may be a firmware update to fix the sound problem.
Thank you for the interesting points you’ve made.
I have just loaded 20 day and night T180 clips into Premiere Pro and all are accurately showing the 30 fps. I actually modify them to 29.97 anyway to match my other cameras. So I’m happy with the recorded frame rate.
I haven’t done any tests with turning off the two outside sensors but I watched a test video where someone checking it said it didn’t make any difference.
I took a different camera apart and saw it wasn’t three sensors - just one sensor and three windows.
Good morning sir Paul.
My name is Erik and I'm from Brazil.
I really enjoyed your video, great review.
In Brazil there are no trail cameras for sale officially. The import is very expensive, as it is more than 100% of the camera value.
I imported a Campark TC06 from the USA, I like it, but the 10s recording delay bothers me a little.
Anyway, I'm watching your videos, they are very good. 👍 👍👍
Regard's,
Erik
Hi Erik, thank you for your comment. That's good you got the TC06 as it has excellent audio - probably the best of the TC cameras.
I agree - I also want a very small delay - I'd prefer a one second it was available.
Enjoy your trail camera and I'm sure you have a large variety of animals and birds waiting to be videoed!
Fantastic review format probably best reviews I’ve seen. Im looking to purchase a trail camera from campart. Could I ask your opinion which is the best buy to date. (Solar) thinking Tc 22 but every review I watch of yours makes me wonder if I spend a little more is there anything better for my buck Thanks
Thank you - glad you found my review helpful.
I have had good results from all the cameras.
If I am using a very small tripod to get the camera low - then I prefer the T180 or T300 cameras as they are smaller and I really like the compact size and the tripod socket at the back means I can get very low.
If I want a bit better audio and daytime quality then I’d go for the TC22 as it has a dedicated daytime lens.
If I want to leave the camera out for weeks, then the cameras with back up batteries such as T180 & T300 might be more suitable - and being smaller are easier to hide.
As I have said in the videos - I like each of the solar cameras. It can be a difficult decision.
So helpful in setting up my camera.
Thank you for letting me know - glad it helped. 👍
Also having a problem connecting to WIFI from the app to my iPhone.... any advice please
Geoff - again sorry to hear you’re having problems with the wifi - it connects every time for me - I’m on an iPhone - which phone do you have? I’ll go through in detail when I get home from holiday.
Hi again,
I have done a bit more research and the videos are recording every 6 sec with and without motion and my settings are exactly the same as yours except for the PIR interval is locked in the off position where you are able to change it to 10 seconds.I have also reset the camera back to default and it continues to lock that particular feature on my camera settings 😪
I’m not home yet - in transit at an airport at the moment so don’t yet have access to my camera.
However reading your message that the videos are recording for 6 seconds with and without motion. That sounds like it’s set to video Timelapse. Can you double check that Timelapse is set to off.
The app I’m using is Game Camera Pro with a small deer as the icon.
Just taking off now so I’ll send this and continue once I land.
Sure Paul and apologies for my bad timing and I have changed that setting in time lapse and PIR inreval is now set also. I'm hoping miracles happen! THANKS to you they might
Does that mean you've got things working?
@@paultreviews I can’t say until tomorrow night Paul but have really appreciated your advice but I will try not to bother you any further if it’s not fixed the problems VBR Geoff
It’s never a bother - I am always happy to help when I can.
Thanks a really good review. Did you ever though come to a conclusion about 2K and 4K footage as I would love to know what you think?
I found the difference negligible (and probably non-existent) so I use 2K. This has the advantage of a smaller file size and my Windows computer using Adobe Bridge produces a thumbnail for a 2K file but not a 4K one.
It slots in well with my 4K footage from other cameras and looks good on my 4K TV so I have all my supposedly 4K trail cameras set to 2K.
@@paultreviews Interesting. Thanks for your reply Paul.
Hope that was at least a little bit useful.
I’ve just realised who you are - and I’m a subscriber of yours!
I was brought up on Jack Hargreaves whose philosophy on self-employment proved very useful to me all those years ago. I often quote from his advice.
I am looking forward the your video with the hedgehog. More so to let you know I have been in touch with the seller and he sent me very explicit instructions to get it up and running. I do however again thank you for all your efforts as well and apologise again for being such a pain. VERY Best Regards Geoff "Downunder"
Cheers Aussie Geoff - Hey, never a problem - always very happy to help.
If you can share those help instructions I’d be really interested in them.
Hope you get it all sorted.
Thank you for a detailed description👍
You’re welcome - it’s appreciated.
Brilliant Video, Very Helpful and Informative And Very Well Presented. Many Thanks For Sharing.
Glad it was helpful and thank you for letting me know.
HI ,i wrote from Italy. great review. I have a Ceyomur Cy95 which has an effective 4 MP optical sensor. the cy95 seems identical to the campark/voopeak subject of your review, where did you find the 8 mpx sensor optic? it is not specified by the manufacturer. Thanks for the attention.
Glad you liked my review.
I went by what the manufacturer told me. I don't have a name or code for the actual sensor so can't verify myself. I also have a CY95 and really like that camera as well.
The still photos are nowhere close to the spec'd 46MP quoted here, 4-8MP is much more realistic.
The trigger speed is over 1 second based on many observations of my dog running past it and some quantitative tests with a stop watch.
Night sensitivity has been disappointing but I haven't precisely assessed it. Daytime sensitivity is good for anything from small birds at 3 ft to ducks at 40 ft.
Otherwise the solar and wireless are great. Battery seldom gets below 80% at night even down to -10F without any AA batteries. I connect to it easily within 50 ft but would recommend about 10 ft for speed. $95 on sale is a fair price from Voopeak but $110 is more common.
@@TheCrazyunclemarty thank you for your informative post and trigger speed findings.
As you say, the extremely high mp counts are interpolated - if the sensor is native 4K then I usually opt for 8mp for the stills.
I have been happy with the night sensitivity but I do tend to place the camera quite close to where the animals will pass.
I also have been very pleased with the solar panel and WiFi performance.
A really informative video, thanks. I am looking at getting a trail camera and hadn't heard of this one. From what you showed, it really does stand out. One thing that I am not sure about, is the true resolution. Can it film 4k at 30fps ? Many socalled topline cameras use very dubious descriptions like upto 4k at 30 fps but in reality the 4k is at 10 fps which is as good as useless. The same applies for photos, is the claimed 46 mp true or is this interperated? I would much value your experiance on these points. The big seller for me with this camera is the wifi connection, most others don't have this making setup composition and checking on what has been recorded difficult at best.
Glad my review was helpful.
This is indeed a good camera.
Yes, it shoots at 4K 30 fps. The 46mp stills will almost certainly be interpolated, I would say it’s a native 8 or 12 mp. Having said that, the stills are fine and I never set higher than 12mp on any of my trail cameras. In reality I only shoot video as stills are really hit and miss as to positioning of the animal - best to shoot video at 4K and then take a still from the video if you need stills. You will then get a 3840x2160 still which comes out at 8mp. Of course if for some reason you need a higher mp still, then just interpolate yourself afterwards.
This camera is virtually the same as the CY95 that I have also reviewed.
@@paultreviews Thanks for such a quick and comprehensive reply. I was initially looking at cameras from Skypoint, Stealthcam and Bushnell. All cost 250-300€ and I was put off by their marketing using very vague and misleading info. Most of these were not truly 4k 30 fps. Thanks to your super info I discovered a few newer, better and cheaper cameras. I ended up buying the cy95 and got a deal on it for just 80€. I liked the idea of the wifi, the better image quality and the fact it was actually easier to obtain in Austria. Thanks again for your help.
@@dhg1960 enjoy your new camera - wow you got a good price as well!
Somewhere I read that the TC 08 has optical zoom but yet I’ve not seen any way to use any type of zoom. Does it actually have a zoom feature?
Hello, no - there’s no optical zoom. It’s a fixed focal length 120 degree lens.
Hi Paul.
which APP are you using as it is a little different to mine and still can't change the PIR Intervalfrom off. The camera keeps taking videos when there is no movement and I have watched your video with great interest and at one stage you mentioned false positives would you please explain what this means and what setting in the APP I might have to change. I still can't change the PIR interval from Off. Im sorry to be a pain but you have a great understanding of the features , this is my first trail camera. VBR Geoff
False positive simply means ‘something’ has triggered the camera - could be a leaf swaying in the wind or just that the sensor is too sensitive and sets itself off for no reason - and when you look at the photo or video there is nothing there. I have actually found that these cameras don’t create many false positives and so I always leave the sensitivity to high.
I’m sorry you’re having problems with your first camera - did you but it direct from Campark?
I have the Ceyomur CY95 and quite like it, but is it not the same, if not identical, to the Campark T180/TC08 which you have reviewed? Who makes what? Confusing!
You are correct - all very confusing. I would say basically they are the same with one or two updates such as USB-C sockets on the later models. I use both the CY95 & T180 and treat them as though they are the exact same camera. I like them.
The CY95 I have recently reviewed uses the Wildlife Cam app - which is a better app for connecting to WiFi as it cuts out a couple of tedious steps. Having said that I wouldn’t be surprised if the latest T180 is using it as well now.
CY95 is from Ceyomur and the T180 from CamPark although the name Voopeek has recently appeared for CamPark cameras.
A fantastic informative video. Thank you.
Thank you - glad my review was useful to you.
Hi Paul,
I can't seem to be able to change the PIR interval. I have watched your video on this section over and over and the interval window does not appear , what am I doing wrong please. this is a very informative video thank you Geoff from "Downunder"in OZ
Hi Geoff, sorry to hear you’re having a problem with the interval. I’m just away on holiday at the moment so don’t have access to my trail camera.
I’ll get back to you as soon as I’m home in 10 days.
Thank you Paul . I have an iPhone. and more importantly enjoy your time away Regards Geoff
Thank you. In the meantime - try re-setting to defaults - sure you’ve done that but thought I’d mention it.
Second - check if there’s a ‘re-set’ hole - the type that takes a paper clip. I’ll have to check when I’m home but I would imagine this camera has one. It’s the most complete ‘re-boot’ you can do. Might help so you can re-check these PIR interval settings you’re missing.
I use an iPhone. I usually start the wifi connection after having primed the camera and got my iPhone Bluetooth on.
However you can try another way pressing the ‘wifi’ button on the camera to get it started without first connecting through Bluetooth.
Go to your iPhone wifi and hopefully it’s picked up the camera so you can select it. Then back to the trail camera app. If the plus sign is still there select it again.
Once it’s all connected a large green tick ✅ is displayed and you should then see the live view on your phone.
I know you will have - but check you’re using the correct app. Campark use different ones for different cameras.
Hope some of that is of use for the time-being.
Thanks man! The wifi connection on it really is fidgety😅
Ha, ha - it is but once you’ve done it a few times it’s actually quite reliable. I use it every day to accurately position the camera.
What is the max the video length can be set to?
Great question! I am away this week so don’t have access to the cameras but I will get back to you by the weekend.
I’m not home yet to check but seem to remember it’s 180 seconds.
Very helpful, thank you,
In the end you mentioned the audio, is it ok and clear in the videos?
Hi, glad you found the video useful.
The pictures and video are really good and it’s my favourite camera however the audio is not very good in my opinion.
It’s about the same as the other 3 cameras I own. Other reviewers have said the audio is good but I would prefer better and I would not call it clear.
Thanks for your nice review and to be honestly you voice is so good 💯 and please mention the price I want one
Thank you - I appreciate your nice comment.
For the up to date price check out the link in the description. I am enjoying using this trail camera and have it out in the woods at the moment filming badgers.
Any resolution (pun intended) on the 4K vs 2K decision? I have 4K set, but you have me second guessing that
Thanks in advance!
I stick to 2K - I can’t see 4K is better.
On most of these cameras the 4K has a smaller file size and lower bit rate than 2.7K
Thank you so much for this review! I'm currently looking for a trail cam for a 9 month construction timelapse, wondering if this would do the trick. (I'd be checking on it monthly.)
Glad the review was useful.
My camera is out in the woods at the moment so I can’t check but you could do with making sure that the time interval you require is available.
I may be collecting it shortly so I’ll check.
What sort of time between shots do you need?
If the camera will be open to the sun it should keep the battery topped up easily.
I'm looking for a game camera that films longer than 5 minutes. Do you know of one?
That’s an interesting question.
I’ve just checked my trail cameras and see they only film to 180 seconds.
very handy and informative video.
Thank you.
Excellent review.
Thank you - I appreciate your comment.
I love you. Thx for this!
You're welcome!
Mine keeps telling me “please plug out card” any clue as the why?
I’ve never seen that message before.
Anything to do with the memory card I’d make sure I’ve downloaded any videos onto my computer and then format the card in the camera.
See if the message comes up again.
Try a different card - go to the set-up in the camera and format it and see if the problem is solved.
Is the card a fast enough card?
Great video.thank you.
Thanks! 👍
Hi Paul great video, it has helped me to set up my TC08 camera that I got for Christmas (now to get it in the garden)
Just wondering if you have any tips re connecting to the app as I keep getting an error message ‘build communication with camera faile!’ (sic)
Just seen the question below from Catman1050, looks like I am having the same issue but with my iPhone. My camera also didn’t have the WI-FI SSID or WI-FI password as options in the setup menu…my version is TC08-230505.07
Wendy
Hi Wendy, sorry to hear you’re having problems connecting on the WiFi.
I haven’t come across that error message.
Well done choosing this camera - I really like it and have had great results.
Sorry the WiFi is causing problems. Don’t create a password - just use the default password (12345678) for the initial pairing with the phone but don’t make it a requirement in the setup to have to enter a password each time you use the WiFi.
I’ve just re-read the thread with Catman.
Have you followed the step by step guide I gave? Has it worked for you?
Hi Paul, thank you for the response
Firstly, a very happy new year to you
I have tried to follow the step by step but still not working
One thing I do see that is not in the steps you describe is the message on my phone asking if I want to connect to TC08…the only options I have are Join or Cancel either of which give me the ‘failed to connect’ message
I can see the camera’s Wi-Fi and my phone connects briefly and have the green bluetooth & Wi-Fi showing on the app but then the connection breaks. I’m not being asked for a password at any point
My vpn on my phone keeps kicking in despite me switching it off as I thought that might be an issue (which is confusing) and my phone drops to 4g but I assume that is because of the connection to the camera
The good news is the camera function works and I can view on the internal screen, i would just like to be able to do it from my phone so I don’t need to get it down each time @@paultreviews
Hi Wendy, glad to hear the camera is working well but yes it would be convenient to get this WiFi working.
It sounds like it is almost there. First try everything with your data turned off but WiFi on. Maybe your phone prefers to select the strong data (4G) signal over the weak camera wifi signal.
Is there a button on the camera which shows the 'WiFi' symbol? If you press that the camera will start beaming out its own wifi signal straight away. Normally we use the Bluetooth on the camera to wake up the wifi on the camera. This just jumps passed the bluetooth step as you are waking up the camera wifi yourself. Obviously later you will want to use the Bluetooth feature so you don't need to open the camera or get it down. When you get it to connect once I am confident it will keep doing it.
Hopefully the screen shows a large cross. Touch the cross so it starts beaming its wifi. Now open the phone Wifi and see if the phone detects the camera's WiFi. If it does - select it. Now go back to the camera screen and see if a green tick appears - it can take a few seconds. I find once the green tick appears the wifi will shortly be connected and live view appears on the screen. I don't know whether you need to touch the green tick but I just wait. You could go back to the phone wifi and see if the camera wifi is still selected - if not select it again.
It might be an idea to try all this in an area where the phone has no external wifi signal - especially the strong wifi from your house wifi. I feel sometimes the home wifi is so strong that the phone resists selecting a relatively weak camera wifi signal.
I hope that helps and gives you more ideas to get it to work. Maybe try it on someone else's phone and see what happens. I know it's very frustrating when one little cog in the procedure causes problems.
A Happy New Year to you.
If none of this works try using one of the other apps: GameCameraPro - Hunting 4K Pro - WILDLIFE CAM
Check out this video - look at 3min 06 secs - this is how my screen looks with the 'cross' you need to select and then the green tick.
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Hi Paul
Thanks for the extra tips; I left the camera out for the week before bringing it back indoors to tackle the Wi-Fi connection problem
I tried using GameCameraPro and saw the + symbol you mention but couldn’t get it to become a green tick
I’ve tried turning off mobile data too and going down the bottom of the garden (not that is a huge garden but is quite a way away from the hub) and my phone picks up every other nearby Wi-Fi except the camera…that said, I don’t know what the camera’s Wi-Fi is called, looking at one of those videos you shared I assume it would be called Campark….something?
Do you have any other tips to get the Wi-Fi to connect to my iPhone?
Wondering if I have a camera with faulty Wi-Fi? Fingers crossed I don’t as my husband will be upset to think he has given me a faulty present 😔
Wendy
@@paultreviews
i have the T150 and the T300/TC02, and the wifi feature just doesn't work at all, for me. i can access all the settings just fine, can see the cam's view on my phone, but it won't show any videos. i gave up on it.
Sorry to hear it won’t show the videos. Does seem strange that the wifi has obviously connected but it won’t show you the album - have you tried emailing them as they have a technical department which responded to one of my queries.
great video, very informative
Cheers, thank you!
@@paultreviewssend.😊
Hi Paul, I have the same trail camera as you and I do agree with you its is a truely fantastic Camera. I use it for monitoring wild life in back garden, in particlular Hedgehog activity. How ever recently I was having difficulty connecting my mobile phone to Camera. I brought it in to charge up and normally when I connect it to charger it goes to screen and charges up. I am now getting a display screen that is flashing up ever 5 seconds with the view of a Stagg then the screnn goes black. Also it seems to take a picture then an hourglass symbols displays on the display screen. Im puzzled big time with this. Could you possibly shed some light on this problem I have please from Chris in Gateshead.
It does seem to have gone haywire a bit.
Sounds like it’s a little confused. I once had something similar when I was too hasty in sliding that slider about.
To maybe calm it down - turn it off and put it outside in the sun to charge up.
Then slide the slider right over to prime it for recording. Does it start the countdown?
If it does then leave it a little while and switch it off. Leave it a few minutes then slide it half way over to turn it on.
Hopefully it will have reset itself.
If not then see if you can get to the menu to reset it - also to format the card.
That might settle it down.
There’s no particular method to what I’ve just itemised but it’s the kind of thing I would do. Let me n on now what happens.
Thanks Sir
You’re welcome.
Great review. I bought the cam but cannot connect to android phone. Version was TC08-220824.06 and my menu did not show WIFI SSID nor WIFI password as options. I downloaded and installed version T180-220520.06. WIFI SSID and WIFI password are now showing, but am still unable to connect to android phone. Any help would be appreciated. TIA
Sorry to hear you've problem with the android phone connecting.
I use an iPhone so don't know what the menus look like. Let's see if these steps help - I know you've probably done all this but worth going through it because these cameras connect for me everytime and very reliably so once you've got it sorted it should be routine from then on.
Have the Bluetooth & Wi-Fi on on your phone.
Open the app and press the bluetooth button.
The bluetooth on your phone connects with the Bluetooth on the camera.
The Bluetooth on the camera then wakes up the camera's wi-fi
A large plus sign should appear on the app - press that and then go to your phone's wi-fi setting.
Hopefully you'll see the camera's Wi-Fi as available - click on it to allow it to connect - hopefully the phone accepts it
Go back to the app and if everything is fine a green tick will appear followed by the live view.
Sometimes the large plus sign appears again - if so, click it and repeat by going to the phone's Wi-Fi settings and accepting the camera's WIFI.
then go back to the app where again, hopefully the live view appears.
I presume if a password was asked for then you used 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 that's the camera's default password.
I hope that helps and I'm sorry I can't give specific Android help but it must be fairly similar to the iPhone settings.
If that doesn't help you could email Campark and they could give the exact instructions for Android settings.
@@paultreviews Thank you for the reply Paul. I am beginning to think my wifi on cam is not working. I have tried both with IPad and android phone. No luck! Bluetooth connects but will not get wifi for some reason. Tried resetting cam numerous times but same outcome. I sent an email off to seller to see if they can help. Again, thank you!
Hopefully the manufacturer can help.
There is a wifi button on the camera - try clicking that - it might not make any difference as it just bypasses the Bluetooth bit - but always worth a try.
@@paultreviews Hi Paul. There is a reset button on the TC21's near the micro sd card slot. I reset camera and was able to get the 2 of them connecting to my phone. Still having trouble with the TC08. Gonna fiddle with th 08 some more. Thanks for your replies.
Glad you’ve got those two working - it’s really frustrating when you have problems.
Good luck with the TC08 - that uses a different app. Doesn’t it?
Can it get small birds like blue tits, robins etc?
Yes, it is triggered by small birds and small animals like mice - particularly if they are close by.