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Repairing Browning Trail Camera that Won’t Trigger

Winterberry Wildlife Posted on April 17, 2024 by Bob ZakApril 17, 2024

A friend’s trail camera stopped triggering. Here’s how I figured out what was wrong, and how I fixed it.

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Posted in Blog, Camera Trapping Technology, Deep Tech | Tagged Browning, BTC-7A, fail, PIR sensor, recon force advantage, trail camera, water damage | 22 Replies

DIY: Trail Camera Lens Hacking

Winterberry Wildlife Posted on January 16, 2023 by Bob ZakDecember 5, 2024
camera module

This post gives an overview of potential lens replacements for Browning Trail Cameras.

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Posted in Blog, Camera Trapping Technology, DIY | Tagged Blurry photos, blurry trail camera photos, Browning, BTC-7A, BTC-7E, btc-7E-HP4, BTC-7E-HP5, BTC-8A, BTC-8E, btc-8E-HP4, BTC-8E-HP5, focal length, lens, trail camera, wide-angle | 44 Replies

Internal and External Trail Camera Power

Winterberry Wildlife Posted on November 28, 2022 by Bob ZakApril 1, 2024
trail camera power supply measurement

Many trail cameras support both internal batteries as well as an external power supply. When there is only one power source, it’s clear where the power comes from. But what does the camera do when both internal and external power is available? If you use rechargeable batteries inside the camera, and a set of primary batteries in an external pack, which set will the camera use first?

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Posted in Blog, Camera Trapping Technology, Deep Tech | Tagged batteries, Browning, BTC-7A, BTC-8A, external battery pack, solar charger, trail camera | 25 Replies

Using Trail Camera to Trigger a DSLR Camera

Winterberry Wildlife Posted on December 3, 2021 by Bob ZakMarch 24, 2023
opossum hanging by the tail

One of the challenges facing the homebrew DSLR camera trapper is finding a good trigger sensor. In this post, I describe a system for using a commercial trail camera to trigger a DSLR camera.

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Posted in Blog, Camera Trapping Technology | Tagged Browning, BTC-7A, camera trapping, custom firmware, DSLR, PIR sensor, PIR trigger, recon force advantage, trail camera | 27 Replies

IR to White Flash Trail Camera Conversion

Winterberry Wildlife Posted on September 15, 2021 by Bob ZakDecember 9, 2021
white flash modifed trail camera

Steps for converting a trail camera with an IR flash to a white flash for color night time photos and videos

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Posted in Blog, Camera Trapping Technology | Tagged Browning, BTC-7A, Converting from IR to white Flash, firmware, IR Flash, IR Trail Camera, recon force advantage, reverse engineering, White Flash | 26 Replies

Hidden Test Mode in Browning Trail Cameras

Winterberry Wildlife Posted on August 31, 2021 by Bob ZakFebruary 20, 2022
Browning Test Mode

Hidden test mode in Browning Trail Camera exposed and documented.

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Posted in Blog, Camera Trapping Technology | Tagged browning trail camera, BTC-7A, BTC-7FHD-PX, BTC-8A, debug, Diagnostic Mode, hidden menu mode, recon force advantage, Recon Force Extreme, Spec Ops Advantage, Test Menu, trail camera hacks, usb camera | 63 Replies
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