Digital scouting cameras that take good daytime pictures, but horrible nighttime shots – or vice versa – are frustrating to hunters. Camera manufacturers have engineered various solutions to the day/night dilemma, most of which involve the use of mechanical filters that swing over the lens to allow the camera to utilize the spectrum of available light.
Unfortunately, these filters commonly deploy during lighting transition times when deer and other game are most active – not an ideal situation, as these mechanical filters are notorious for making untimely noises that can be alarming to game. Combine the unnatural sound of a mechanical filter with the audible click produced by the shutter on many cameras, and you’ve all but eliminated any aspect of stealth. Furthermore, images taken during these morning and evening transitions are often too dark or too light.
So, what do you call a totally silent digital scouting camera that consistently captures crisp, clear images day or night, without spooking game?
The new Wildgame Innovations Silent Crush Cam 20.
To get a great image, your digital scouting camera needs to combine the best lens, sensor, shutter, flash and other components for the conditions. Making all that technology come together in a single camera that operates both silently and invisibly in a variety of lighting scenarios is extremely challenging, if not impossible – but not for the gear geeks at Wildgame Innovations.
Wildgame Innovations’ new Silent Crush Cam 20 models capture consistent, high-quality images in all lighting conditions using separate, dedicated cameras with optimized components for peak daytime and nighttime performance. Best of all, these remarkable new cameras do it all in complete and total silence.
Both Wildgame Innovations Silent Crush Cam 20 models feature separate, day- and night-optimized on-board cameras and advanced processors to ensure the highest-quality 20-MP still images and HD 720p video clips in any lighting. The filter on the nighttime camera is fixed, so there’s no disruptive noise to spook game at any time. Better yet, both models feature WGI’s patent-pending SLS (Silent Lens System) Technology, which also eliminates all shutter noise.
The Model SC20i20-7 Silent Crush Cam 20 employs a 42-piece high-intensity LED infrared flash, which provides an impressive nighttime illumination range of up to 100 feet. The Model SC20B20-7 Silent Crush Cam 20 LightsOut™ uses a 42-piece high-intensity invisible BLACK LED infrared flash, providing stealthy nighttime illumination out to 90 feet. Both models feature lightning-fast sub-half-second trigger speeds, glass lenses and special anti-fog lens coatings to combat quality-robbing dew and moisture – all designed to produce crisp images, day or night.
Wildgame Innovations cameras are known for ease-of-use and exceptional battery life, and these new Silent Crush Cam models finished in stealthy HD TruBark Texture are no exception. With average use, 8 AA batteries can power these worry-free cameras for up to a full year, minimizing potential game disruption by reducing the number of times a hunter must tend to his or her camera.
Videos are great for monitoring actual game behavior, but repeated videos can negatively impact battery life in some cameras. Wildgame Innovations has solved this dilemma in the Silent Crush Cam 20 models by using FlexTime™ Time Lapse Technology, which provides a variety of different user-defined settings to capture still images or videos at predetermined intervals during key game movement periods. Battery-saving FlexTime programming is easy with the Silent Crush Cam 20’s backlit buttons and the included FlexTime software CD.
WILDGAME INNOVATIONS SILENT CRUSH CAM 20
- 20 MP Infrared Dual Digital Scouting Camera
- SLS (Silent Lens System) Technology
- Separate, dedicated daytime camera designed for optimal daytime picture quality
- Separate, dedicated nighttime camera designed for improved nighttime clarity and illumination
- 42 pc high-intensity LED infrared flash
- IR flash range up to 100 feet
- FlexTime™ Time Lapse Technology
- Anti-fog lens coating to eliminate dew and moisture on camera lenses
- Backlit buttons for easy programming in any conditions
- Sub .5-second rapid trigger speed
- High-resolution 20 MP photo and HD 720p video (30 sec.) capabilities
- Flash range up to 60 feet
- Up to 1 year battery life based on average use
- Up to 32 GB SDHC card (not included)
- Powered by 8 AA cell batteries (not included)
- Includes USB cable and Flextime software CD
- MSRP: $149.99
WILDGAME INNOVATIONS SILENT CRUSH CAM 20 LIGHTSOUT™
- 20 MP Infrared Dual Digital Scouting Camera
- SLS (Silent Lens System) Technology
- Separate, dedicated daytime camera designed for optimal daytime picture quality
- Separate, dedicated nighttime camera designed for improved nighttime clarity and illumination
- 42 pc high-intensity BLACK LED infrared flash
- IR invisible black flash range up to 90 feet
- FlexTime™ Time Lapse Technology
- Anti-fog lens coating to eliminate dew and moisture on camera lenses
- Backlit buttons for easy programming in any conditions
- Sub .5-second rapid trigger speed
- High-resolution 20 MP photo and HD 720p video (30 sec.) capabilities
- Flash range up to 60 feet
- Up to 1 year battery life based on average use
- Up to 32 GB SDHC card (not included)
- Powered by 8 AA cell batteries (not included)
- Includes USB cable and Flextime software CD
- MSRP: $159.99
Designed in partnership with elite whitetail hunters, Lee and Tiffany Lakosky, Wildgame Innovations’ two new Silent Crush Cam 20 models deliver an incredible amount of functional capability for a surprisingly low price. Featuring dual, dedicated cameras for optimized day and night performance and completely unheard of, silent operation, the high-resolution, high-definition Silent Crush Cam 20 and Silent Crush Cam 20 LightsOut™ are quietly taking the best images and videos in the woods.