Hand-held Monitor

[lrs]

I have a new Moultrie camera, the $100 from walmart.  It does not have it's own viewing screen.  None of the stores I've been to carry any kind of hand held monitor.  Is there something else I can use, something I can plug into while the camera is still mounted.

[shooter]

Do you have a digital camera that your family uses for taking pictures.If you do and it uses the same type of memory card you might ,might i say be able to view the pics on this camera.Between Stealth , Moultrie and Wildview ,only one of them could i use my Nikon D50 as a viewer.The other option is to buy moultries viewer or do like most of us do,just have two memory cards and swap them every time you check your deer cam.Don't forget to erase the old pics before reinstalling them  into the cam and the best way to do that is by re-formatting them .Most cams with a LCD screen has an option to reformat your memory card.If you just erase the old photos and dont erase them by reformatting then in the long term you'll end up using more of the cards memory than you need to.Its not the same but think of it as a rechargable battery that develops a memory if its not discharged completely evertime you use it.
Hope this helps
Shooter

[shooter]

P.S. forgot to mention.You can bring a notebook computer PC with you and download in the field but that's not very practical.
Shooter

[d_hiker]

A couple more options would be to use a video cam that has a video input.  On the trail cam use the cable that plugs the trail cam into a TV and plug this cable into the cable on your video cam that is for video input.  You may need to buy a female RCA coupler to plug the cords together.  OR if you have a portable DVD player that accepts video input, you could plug the trail cam TV cord into it and view the photos.  That is similar to what I have done in the past.  It may not be as convenient as a dedicated trail cam viewer, but it is cheaper if you already have one of the above items.

[T/Chmr]

I have a Palm Treo "smart phone ", that has a slot for a photo card...works great!  But I had to buy an extra set of reading glasses to keep on my 4-wheeler so I can see them.

[d_hiker]

I just bought a Digital Photo Album by Burnes from Wal-Mart on clearance for $29.  It has a 3.5" diagonal screen and accepts SD memory cards.  It has a built in rechargeable battery.  It will not erase pics but is a viewer, actually a digital picture frame.  It will work for me, it is a little larger than a calculator but thin.  It has a usb port some you can attach it to your computer as a storage device.