A remote camera, also known as a trail camera or game camera, is a camera placed by a photographer in areas where the photographer generally cannot be at the camera to snap the shutter. This includes
Remote camera. Top shows several LED flash lights, centre are the lens and PIR sensors.
Professor A.N. Kudaktin examines remote camera for implementation of monitoring of wild animals within the Persian Leopard Reintroduction Program in the Caucasus.
A Gould's flying squid captured by a BRUV
Photo of a Chihuahuan raven catching a snake, taken using a remote motion-sensor camera located in the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge
A camera trap is a camera that is automatically triggered by motion in its vicinity, like the presence of an animal or a human being. It is typically equipped with a motion sensor—usually a passive in
Remote camera
…triggers, sound triggers, radio transmitters (mainly Bluetooth shutters), a built-in self-timer, or a proximity sensor – in which case they are known as camera traps. For remotes that are in close proximity to the photographer, hand or sound triggers can be used…
A camera trap with a passive infrared (PIR) sensor
A Sumatran tiger caught on camera. This animal proceeded to destroy three camera traps in one weekend.
Indian leopard in the Garhwal Hills, Western Himalaya, India
Small-clawed otter photographed by a camera trap