Meidase P100 Wildlife Camera WiFi App 32MP 1296P H.264 Video

 

Reichweite und Auslsezeit sind sehr gut.
Nur die Wlan-Reichweite ist etwas gering (ca. 10m)

 

Prima Kamera! Sehr gute Fotos Tag und Nacht! Mit der Mediase App leicht zu steuern und bedienen. Ein guter Einkauf! Sehr gutes Preis- Leistungsverhltnis!

 

Devo scaricare l’applicazione “Meidase Mobile “, ho notato che a pagamento. Quanto costa?

 

This was my first foray into a trail cam. Oddly the night video is clearer than any night photos so I’ve turned off taking photos at night. This does not come with any way to fasten the camera other than the single strap (some come with two) so you’ll often get videos with a bit of a wonky horizon. Plus the strap seems to stretch a bit if it rains; either that or the strap clip doesn’t hold tight enough to support the camera over time. I have to tighten the strap every few days. When I was using both photo and video, the motion trip for photos was slow so the camera often missed the subject. I did leave the video on long enough critters did get captured but rarely did I get a photo of what tripped the camera. Batteries did ok – lasted a few months being only on at night. But I’m thinking one powered by solar would be a better long term objective. This camera recommends NOT using rechargable batteries so you do have to keep buying new ones. All this said, this camera was a not bad way to enter into the trail cam world and it’s served what I wanted it for (tracking rats in the garden at night along with other creatures). But if I ever buy another one I’ll be sure it has a way to level the camera, or has more than one strap so videos aren’t often wonky. Plus I’d like one that does a better night photo. None of my night photos were really usable.

 

Erstaunlich gut fr den Preis! Die Batterielebensdauer ist bei meinem Exemplar super. Hatte mich da erst von anderen Rezensionen abschrecken lassen. Nach Tagen im Einsatz noch immer 70 Prozent. Ist wahrscheinlich abhngig was man alles einstellt bei der Kamera. Die Nachtaufnahmen sind auch gut zu erkennen. Auch die WiFi Verbindung zum Handy ist -erstaunlicher Weise- leicht herzustellen. Bis jetzt ein super Gert.

 

Acheter pour la surveillance de mon potager
Elle fonctionne trs bien de jour comme de nuit
Et resiste trs bien aux intempries.

 

Erstmal mu ich sagen, dass ich sogut wie nie Bewertungen zu gekaufte Produkte abgebe, aber diesmal muss ich es tun.
Ich bin von der Kamera ziemlich begeistert!

Es ist eine 1. Wildkamera und ich habe sehr viele Stunden/Tage mit Modellenvergleich, Preisvergleich etc verbracht.

Zur Situation: wir haben ein paar Igel wieder in die Natur gebracht und wollen einfach nur beobachten, ob sie Nachts kommen zum Fressen und Trinken. Die Super” Auflsung mancher Kameras interessiert uns weniger in dem Fall.

Zur Positive Punkte:

Die 1. Installation und Verbindung zum Smartphone ist sehr einfach und benutzerfreundlich. War total easy, man kann viele Sprachen als Software Sprache einstellen, die bersetzungen sind gut etc
Die Verbindung aus der Entfernung ist, nachdem ich viele negative Kommentare bei anderen Kameramodelle gelesen habe, sehr gut. Ich kann mich bis ungefhr 20m Entfernung problemlos zur Kamera verbinden.

Man kann ALLES auf seinem Smartphone tun; man braucht grundstzlich nie mehr zur Kamera gehen auer fr Batterietausch. Das ist wirklich super. Die aufgenommene Bilder/Videos kann man auf das Handy herunterladen, bzw. lschen wenn man will. Keine Verbindung mit Kabel zur Kamera ntig dann. Sehr angenehm.

Man kann live” die Kamera aus dem Handy einschalten, Fotos machen wenn man will.
Was ich auch noch sehr gut finde: man kann die Zeiten einstellen, wann die Kamera aktiv sein soll. Also, aus Batteriesparmanahme, haben wir von 21:30Uhr bis 7:00 morgens eingestellt. Sehr praktisch. Man kriegt sogar die Temperatur des Moments des Fotos.

Ich habe einen Test mit nur 4MB Auflsung gemacht, und jetzt 8MB. (kann bis 32 gehen); bei 4MB, ist es nicht super scharf aber man erkennt die Tiere problemlos.

Zur Batterien/Verbesserungspunkte:
Ich kann bis jetzt nicht viel darber sagen, auer, dass, nach 3 Tage, der Zustand ist schon auf 83% runter, was ich als ein bisschen zuviel betrachte. Allerdings, aus dem Anfangsneugier, haben wir uns fter bers Bluetooth zur Kamera verbunden und die verschiedene Settings angepasst etc Das hat sicherlich ein bisschen mehr die Batterien entladen als normal Verbrauch. Wenn aber das weiterhin so schnell runter geht, werde ich auf wieder aufladbare” Batterien wechseln. Daher nur 4 Sternen.

Ich finde sonst den Preis echt in Ordnung. 90 Endpreis (nicht vergessen den 15 Gutschein Checkbox mitzunehmen), im Vergleich zu vielen anderen Modellen/Marken, ist echt gut.

Als letztes, am Freitag bestellt, am folgenden Dienstag angekommen, trotz kein A.Prime Kunde, kann man nicht meckern.

Ich bin allerdings berrascht warum diese Marke in so gut wie keine Vergleichsportale kommt Egal, die finde ich gerade echt toll.

So, ich hoffe, dass hat geholfen fr eine mglich Entscheidung.

 

Quick review update May 2020:
This has been in our garden now pretty solidly (mainly capturing the hedgehogs at night and birds in the early morning) for weeks. We have the settings and location so that it is not triggering constantly and as a consequence it is still on the original set of batteries that I put in it. Just wanted to update the review with that info. in case anyone was put off by the need for 8 batteries. On our usage evidence battery life is very impressive.

Our previous trail camera (bought to see what animal was pooing on our lawn and to see what the hedgehog visitor to our garden got up to at night (scratching himself on the camera mainly)), decided that despite being allegedly waterproof that it would get water or condensation behind the lens and thereafter only take pictures that looked like a scene from Stephen King’s The Fog. It was fortuitous therefore that the opportunity to review this trail camera came up when it did.

This Meidase camera is a step up from our old one in many ways. It costs twice as much as our previous one, but on paper at least has the features to justify that additional cost. Firstly, it has wi-fi connection so that you can, via an app on your phone, view photos and videos and change certain settings from the comfort of your settee. I am wary of using apps from companies I haven’t heard of and you can use this camera stand-alone if you want with no problems. In the end though I put aside my app concerns, screwed the antennae onto the camera and downloaded the Meidase app onto my Android phone and paired it with the camera – after I had first put batteries and a spare SD card into the camera and set it up (neither of which are supplied). This was actually very easy to do and you can then see a live feed of what the camera is seeing, plus take photos and videos via the phone.

After I had secured the camera to a tree I tried to connect it to the app again, but it seemed it couldn’t find it. I went back indoors and despite the glass patio doors (they advise that glass may prevent a connection being formed) it found it easily so I guess I was just stood too close before. There’s something very satisfying about being able to switch on an app and see what the camera is seeing without having to venture out into the cold/wet/dark.

I used the SD card from the old camera and formatted it within the Meidase, which took no time at all, though note that unlike in phones and normal cameras it doesn’t insert fully. Set up was really easy as unlike our old camera, the buttons are large enough and screen big enough to make all of that a doddle. You can bypass the set up completely though if you want and just turn the camera on and press ‘start’ to enter a sort of quick-start mode if you are not bothered about having an accurate date and time stamp etc. or choosing your own video and photo quality, times, sensitivity settings etc.

If you opt for an immediate start you will then be using the camera’s default settings, which to be fair I mostly did anyway. To judge by our previous camera some experimentation will be required anyway to get it right for your location and intended usage. The camera comes with a nylon webbing strap (to secure to a tree etc.), which works really well and is long enough to go around pretty much any tree, a USB cable (to connect to your computer to view photos), and a manual. The manual is so far one of the best that I have read for any electronic product. It is really clear, helpful and very well written by someone for whom English is clearly their first language; and it shows. So many electronic goods are blighted by incomplete or badly written or even inaccurate instruction manuals so credit where it is due, this one is excellent.

The camera takes 8 AA batteries and the manual very honestly cautions against using rechargeable ones because of their performance in colder weather. So much in the manual is geared to you getting the factual info. that you need that it is refreshing not to have hyperbole and unreliable performance claims.

The camera feels solid and weighty, in part no doubt due to the 8x batteries adding to its heft. The camouflage finish is good and the flash is apparently infrared to avoid it being visible at night. There are loads of customisable options in the settings and while I tend to always use motion detection, I will also have to try time-lapse one day to see what that’s like. The options are there in terms of image quality if you want them, but with the obvious trade-off in terms of use of SD card space and battery life. They also are very open in advising that some settings will affect shutter speed so every setting choice can be an informed one (though as I said before you’ll want to experiment to find what works for you and the wildlife you want to see).

Possibly my favourite feature is the timed operation. Our old camera used to record countless videos of cars going past before things quietened down and we would, hopefully, capture a nice video or two of the neighbourhood hedgehog making his rounds. Now I have set this one up to only start at 7pm and run until 7:30am to get the images of the animals at night that we really want to see. This feature is great and one that I am sure we will frequently use.

However, the first day and night of use were disappointing in that nothing was captured beyond the videos and photos that I had triggered over wi-fi via the phone app. I subsequently read that motion sensor mode doesn’t work while wi-fi is connected. This was one area where I found the otherwise manual to be a bit less than brilliant and I was somewhat confused. Supposedly the app times out and the motion sensor mode should resume (I think) when you stop using the app. This didn’t happen and I started to worry that the PIR sensors weren’t working. I brought the camera indoors and reverted to its own menu and settings and verified that everything was as it should be. I took it off timer operation and yet still nothing was being captured. I then found a mode for testing the PIR sensors and this proved that they worked by capturing my son reading on the settee. This was all a bit frustrating and so we went out for a walk and when we got back I turned it back on and got some message that flashed on the screen briefly (too briefly to read the first time), that seemed to be saying something about firmware. I turned it off and on again and then found that afterwards it had taken a number of videos of my son and so the motion sensor seemed to be working at last. I’m not sure if this was a glitch (my next step was going to be factory reset and then contacting the manufacturers if that didn’t work), or operator error, but it took the shine off the wi-fi mode as that stops the motion sensor mode, which for me is the main point of such a camera. Anyway, I put it back out with the timer function reset to see what it would capture that night.

Thankfully it now worked on the first night of use, set to a defined time period and with photo and video capture selected, it caught our neighbourhood hedgehog twice as he patrolled his area. It also captured my wife hanging the washing out in the morning and what was really noticeable was the audio quality. Our old trail camera allegedly had a microphone, but it never picked up any sound at all that you could hear. By contrast the sounds present when the video is triggered are very well represented by this camera and all the morning bird song and raucous seagull screeching were loud and clear. When I input the settings for the camera I didn’t choose anything too high as I was trying to preserve battery life, but the images both still and video were nonetheless pleasingly sharp.

It’s back out in the garden now as last night’s position unfortunately didn’t see anything trigger any videos or capture anything, but I will update the review with a video or photo if I get any decent images in the comings days.

PROS:
Seems to be a solidly made unit.
Well camouflaged for use in the garden or woods etc.
The excellent written instructions are really helpful.
Image and sound quality so far (and I haven’t gone anywhere near the higher settings yet) are very good.
It has ‘no glow’ infrared to avoid altering wildlife.
Overall very easy to use with a clear screen and big enough buttons to actually operate (same can’t be said of our old one).
Timed operation feature is especially good to have IMHO.
The wi-fi access via the phone app. (only tried with Android) can be useful for seeing what’s captured and taking manual photos and videos from the comfort of indoors, but see below*.
Priced about right in my view for the features and quality of image and sound.
Includes a decent strap, plus there’s a screw mount underneath to attach to tripod or similar.
Waterproof – hopefully more so than our last cheaper one.

CONS:
It takes 8 AA batteries (not supplied) and performs better (especially at a night or in colder settings), not using rechargeable so prepare to shell out for batteries quite regularly.
No batteries or SD card included, which you might possibly expect for the price.
The wi-fi function wasn’t quite as useful or game-changing as I thought it would be, primarily because it disables the motion sensor mode. The one slight flaw in the otherwise faultless manual is its explanation of all that. At first I thought the PIR sensors were broken as nothing got triggered or recorded. I did the manual test of the sensors and they worked but still nothing recorded in motion sensor mode. In the end I had to turn off wi-fi in the camera’s settings (not via the app.). By my reading of the manual stopping using the app. should be enough to return it to motion sensor mode, but it wasn’t, which was all a bit disconcerting and odd.
Fairly bulky so maybe not as easy to secrete as a smaller camera.

OVERALL:
This camera is very well-specced. I am still slightly nervous re the operation of the motion sensor mode because nothing got recorded last night, but the night before (different location) it impressively caught the furtive movements of a hedgehog in the pitch dark some distance away. It also, despite being in high sensitivity mode, didn’t trigger unnecessarily at every gust of wind. The picture quality and sound quality both impressed me and when I settle on a good location and find some wildlife to capture I may up the image quality to see just how good it can get. The wi-fi mode is good to have, but as it disables (and seemingly messes a bit with) motion sensor mode, I won’t use it all that much I expect. It would have been nice to have batteries and an SD card supplied, but although it takes 8 AA batteries, the battery life has been good so far, which is something. It is a case with this Meidase P100 trail camera of my being cautiously very pleased so far. I’ll feel more at ease when I capture a few more videos even if I have to stage them myself by running around the garden in the dark! I will hopefully be able to update the review with some pictures and a video in due course – if nature cooperates – and will of course update the review if there are any issues with it.

 

This is the first part of my review which I shall follow up with a second.
This looks like a very well made device.
Upon opening the instructions l noticed you need a memory card which is not supplied so I will be ordering one. You also need 8 AA batteries and it’s not recommended to use rechargeable ones with this device. Something that needs to be changed in the next model by the manufacturer. Part 2 review to follow.

 

I use trail cameras quite a lot and indeed already have two. I like to shoot, however, with a gun I restrict myself to pieces of paper and restrict my shooting of animals to images only. Many people purchasing this type of camera will likely use it for hunting though in particular to track the routes of animals such as rats, squirrels and rabbits.

What attracted me to this particular camera is the WiFi function. This is an incredible advance on my other two cameras as it permits you to obtain the images or remotely trigger the camera without disturbing the site or animals. This is particularly frustrating when setting up a camera adjacent to places with nervous animals such as a badger sett. Setting up the camera during the day is not really an issue, however, continually visiting the camera to remove images can result in damaging the natural environment and in some cases, alerting people to where the animals actually are. So a huge plus for the WiFi function, which when it works is great.

So is it easy to set up? Yes it is. I have tested it on both an iPhone and and android handset and the software worked admirably on both. Out of the box, you receive the camera (looks like a standard trail camera) it has the usual functions and easy to follow menu. Insert an SD card and batteries and you are ready to go. The manufacturer recommends using alkaline batteries, but I use nimh batteries as they are rechargeable and in my experience it does not inhibit performance unduly. The camera can be made more secure through using a small padlock to stop it from being opened, but would be easy to remove by simply breaking the hasp. I don’t lock mine. The camera is accompanied by a fixing strap; which works well, an antennae for the Bluetooth function, a usb card for transfer (I just remove the card) and an instruction manual. The manual is ok, but not the easiest to follow, but after initial setup of the camera and app, operating the camera is fairly intuitive.

Onto the app, which you have to download to operate the camera using WiFi. It was simple and after installing on both types of phone I started to explore the options available with which to not only control the camera (photo and video quality, length of burst, sensitivity, sound, format etc etc etc). You are offered a number of options including operating the camera for live video and downloading images.

Optimal distance it is suggested is an area around 15ft plus away from the camera. I have set mine up in the garden for testing as I am trying to identify the time a visiting heron comes into my garden for a spot of fishing. The heron can’t get the fish as they are protected by a mesh, however, a young and inexperience bird could try and get entangled in the net; which I want to prevent.

For those considering fixing this item onto a post, such as close to a bird feeder, please think again. It simply does not react quickly enough, nor will it work at close range.

Overall, a great trail camera and a welcome addition for those of us who like to monitor wildlife and ensure that they are not disturbed too much.

RECOMMENDED.

 

I was a little disappointed when I first got this camera that I couldn’t set it up and use it straight away as I needed to get 8 AA batteries and a memory card. For 99.99 (it’s current RRP) I had hoped it would come with everything it needed to get going, but once I was able to get everything it actually turned out to be a fantastic camera.

The first task was setting the camera up with my wifi and phone. It was simple enough to do and there’s an app you can download to do everything. I had no problems connecting it and viewing it on my phone.

I’ve ended up strapping the camera to a tree at the bottom of my garden and I’ve been pleasantly surprised with how good it is. The motion detector seems great and the picture quality, even in the dark, is fantastic.

I’ve yet to try to download anything to my computer as the app has been enough so far but a usb cable is provided to do so if you want to.

Overall I think this is a great wildlife camera and would recommend it, but be prepared to also shell out for batteries and a memory card.