Flaming the Bear

My camera build has been moving along. Pretty soon I’ll have a nice 2 mp digi-cam in the field. I know I’m not on the latest & greatest but when I’m done I’m going to have 2 digital trail / game cameras that will have cost me about $250 canuck bucks total. I think the cheapest I can get any digital trail/gamer camera right now is about $250-300 for a 1 mega-pixel. So although it’s not the latest and greatest, it’s certainly not the worst out there. The first and probably the second camera are going to both use the Bryan Gennings chip and home made boards. I’m using Carlon-Lamson 6×6x4 electrical boxes for the case. They’re a little awkward to use since they don’t have a door. But once I modify them by putting in studs & wingnuts on for the cover they’re not to bad. Not super accessible but not totally impossible to use either. The Carlon box is also a lot cheaper than the Pelican case’s quite a few people have been using. One friend is using the Lock ‘n Lock sandwhich boxes too and they work out pretty cheap. The only thing wrong with the lock ‘n locks is the quality of adhesion, I haven’t found something that to them all that great yet. On the Carlon boxes I can and do use 2 different things for glue up. JB weld & automotive molding tape, both adhere well and I’m hoping the automotive tape will hold up the cold, especially since it sticks like crazy. Once I get the first box done I’ll post a pic of it on here so everyone can see what I’m talking about.