NO to Cheap Memory in Your Game Camera!

If you aren't getting the quality you want out of your game camera video, it might not be the fault of your game cam. Take a look at your memory card first. Most game camera manufacturers will recommend memory cards from specific manufacturers, like Kingston or PNY. They don't do this because they are showing any special favoritism to these manufacturers. They do it because some cheap memory cards are known to cause issues with image or video quality in their cameras.

I personally had this experience with some Dane-Elec memory cards I was using in my Scoutguard SG550. The video would appear to pause periodically, and was just not smooth. Replacing the Dane-Elec memory with a Kingston card resolved my issues.

But before you run out and buy new memory cards, try this little trick. If your game camera comes with internal memory, then remove your memory card and and capture some images on the internal memory. If the quality of the pictures is good on internal memory, then your issue is most likely related to the external memory card you have selected. You should always format your memory card from your game camera to ensure that it is using the most compatible format.

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