Wildgame Innovations W6X
I recently picked up a Wildgame Innovations W6X infrared digital game camera. It is also frequently called the Wildgame Innovations Micro 6 Red. This is another one of those small digital trail cameras that will come close to fitting in the palm of your hand. So far so good with this scouting cam...
I've been really impressed with the quality of the images and videos that I have gotten off the W6X. I have experienced a few issues with some of the images and videos being a little washed out during the dusk and dawn times. It seems like this game camera has a slight issue with kicking off the infrared flash during the transition period between light and dark and vice verse. Once that transition period passes, everything is fine. I have talked with some others that have not experienced this issue, and some who have. So I don't think this is an issue with all of the W6X's.
With as little as I paid for the Micro 6 Red, this is an issue that I can live with. Most of the daytime pictures and videos and vivid color and detail. Most of the night time pictures are very crisp and have great detail as well. The night time images are obviously black and white, since there is no strobe flash on this game cam. It uses a series of infrared LEDs that light up the target with no visible flash. A few of my night time images has a little blur in them for moving game. You don't get any blur on video mode though, and that is the primary mode that I shoot in. I like video much better than images. Video will allow you to see the deer moving and give you many frames that allow you to study the details of that "big bucks rack" (hopefully nice bucks anyway).
So it looks like Wildgame Innovations has done it again... They have turned out yet another under $100 game camera that does a pretty good job considering the price. There is a pretty good review that shows some sample images (both day and night) and some videos from this game camera: Wildgame Innovations Micro 6 Red .
I encourage anyone that is in the market for a trail camera to search for sample pictures and videos before they buy so they can see what the game camera is capable of. Wildgame Innovations has been turning out new trail cameras on a very frequent basis. They seem to really be pushing their technology innovations forward, and I suspect they are grabbing a sizable slice of the trail camera market with their low price points.
