Stealth Cam MC-2GV

I ran across an old Stealth Cam MC-2GV camera tonight.  It had made its way into a box that holds the hunting and fishing gear that I seldom use.  This box holds many things that I will probably never use again, but I just can't seem to part with.  That 35MM Stealth Cam MC-2GV was my first game camera.  I thought back to the love/hate relationship I had with that camera, and it made me realize that I really don't miss film one bit.

My first game camera.  I do remember how excited I was to get that camera.  I was hunting a leased piece of property a little over an hour away.  It was pre-season, and I drove down with a buddy to hang it that day  I remember struggling with the film to get it loaded.  It just didn't want to catch and feed.  I chalked that up to being a newbie, and worked with it until I was confident I had it set and ready to go.  After a 10 minute hike to a ridge I'd been eager to bow hunt, I dumped a 50 lb bag of corn and strapped the camera to an oak tree.  I flipped it on and hiked out.

Over the course of the next week, I resisted the temptation to to the farm after work, just to pull the film.  I drove down on the weekend with a fresh roll of film.  I found the camera in the same spot I had left it, and the LCD picture counter told me I had a full roll of film.

When I opened the camera, I was surprised to see that the film had not been advancing, and it hadn't re-wound either.  I could kiss that roll of film goodbye!  So a week's worth of scouting, and a what should have been a roll full of pictures were gone.

So I tried again.  READ MORE ABOUT WHY I DON'T MISS FILM