Plot Stalker by Moultrie- $100 at local Gander
Camera is solid black and about the size of two cuddeback captures stacked on top of each other. LCD screen allows for very simple, in field set up. Set up is self explanatory and could be completed without reading directions. Many choices for photo delays is great and the user is allowed to select the time the camera starts, midday skips, and shuts off. Camera supports 32GB cards, however a 16GB is $45 alone. Ran camera for 4 days and only 3% of battery life remained. The software that is included displays photos as a video. Viewing of photos, even at 8x, is slow. A guy can count faster than the program can switch between photos. This software does not convert photos into a video, however just reads the photos and displays them in a ‘video player’ format.
Personally I think the major pluses of this camera are the near endless options for photo delay, on/off cycles, and super simple set up. The camera does take great pictures, as long as it is sunny. The major draw back of this camera are that it eat batteries in 4 days, requires spendy SD cards, slow viewing software, and most importantly is very poor photo quality in shade. Even a small cloud the middle of the afternoon will result in multiple pictures where your plot and background will appear nearly black.
Plot Watcher by Day 6- $180 at local Gander
Camera is camo and a little smaller than a Cuddeback Attack. Set up requires installation of software first. Then a USB drive is inserted and set up is conducted through the software on the computer. The set up is very simple, however is not an in-the-field operation. I ran this camera for 6 days and was still running when I pulled the cam. I do no recall having the choice of setting when the camera turns on and off for the day, just on/off midday skip. The custom options are limited in comparison to the Moultrie. However, the viewing software allows for 1-5x veiwing. The 3x option is very fast, not to mention 4 and 5.
Personally I think the disadvantages of this camera are the computer driven set up, limited midday skip options, and mounting options. The post is set up for a circular mounting piece at the bottom of the camera, and the camera does not have a designated potion to attach the bungy. The post is very short and a multiple ‘friction fit’ post made of plastic. Also (unless my memory serves me wrong) there is no option for when the camera turns on or off, light driven and skipped my real low light mornings and evenings. The advatages of this camera are the quality resolution pictures, quality pictures even in shade, great viewing speeds, and capacity to convert photos into both .TLV and .WMV videos. Furthermore, you can select groups of photos (user designated 50, 100, 200 sets) to convert to video to share.
Overall, for my personal use and ideas on how I will utilize these cameras, I will not be buying another Moultrie. The cloud cover hampering this camera is not acceptable to me regardless to how much I like the set up multitude of setup options.
? Is there a battery indicator on the plot 6? How was the pic quality if you pause the video and zoom in? And let’s not forget, those are some great looking beans 
