Wildlife cameras (time to ditch my Arlo)

[WTFH]

Currently I have 5 Arlo Pro/Pro2 cameras set up in the back garden to detect wildlife at night. I've had this setup for quite a few years. The Pro is 720p and the Pro 2 is 1080p.
I've not upgraded to newer models because Arlo introduced a subscription plan which means anything more recent will cost £20 a month on top of the price of the cameras (latest models are £260 each)
I'm now thinking it's time to switch to a different system - one that doesn't have a subscription model/cloud storage.
Does anyone else have wildlife/security cameras that would care to comment? I'm thinking about going with Eufy.

[sadkingbilly]

i have a couple of cheap (<>£30) iegeek cams and 2 (<>£50) crenova trail cams.
the iegeeks only talk to my mobi. no ONVIF.
crenova are leave and go back for SD card type.
Eufy look pretty good* for price/connectivity but security biased cams tend to fisheye the feck out of everything IMHO.

*HST, not sure about ONVIF support there, either.

[courtg9000]

Raspberry Pi Sir? Naturebytes Wildlife Camera Kit - The Pi Hut
Then use your own storage instead of paying for the cloud.

[sadkingbilly]

even less ONVIF support there.

[Dorkeaux]

I do love a pi, but that looks spendy.
Does it do live feeds over wifi? Is that a requirement?

If not, I bought a quite good PIR-triggered 4K IR video wildlife camera off Amazon for £32.
It works great. SD card not included.

[courtg9000]

I do love a pi, but that looks spendy.
Does it do live feeds over wifi? Is that a requirement?

If not, I bought a quite good PIR-triggered 4K IR video wildlife camera off Amazon for £32.
It works great. SD card not included.

to be fair I knew Pihut (the vendor) did them, so thought it might be an idea to suggest it, other options from another vendor include this: My Naturewatch Wildlife Camera ( a lot cheaper and to be fair I only just checked the second vendor)

[WTFH]

I do love a pi, but that looks spendy.
Does it do live feeds over wifi? Is that a requirement?

If not, I bought a quite good PIR-triggered 4K IR video wildlife camera off Amazon for £32.
It works great. SD card not included.

The biggest requirement is good quality nighttime images without the need for lighting. A fast lens, a good trigger sensor, a method of recording that doesn’t require pulling a memory card, and a way of having multiple cameras recording to the same place - that’s what I’m looking for.

[Dorkeaux]

If you search for "CEYOMUR Wildlife Camera" on Amazon, mine is the £32 jobbie.
It does everything you mention, but you collect the video/image files by connecting a USB cable (or popping the SD card).
So you'd walk around with a computer, connecting each camara in turn and copying the files to a common folder.
Or leave them permanently connected with USB cables.
Maybe not ideal, but the cameras are pretty good.

For £38 you can get a version that sends data via a SIM card. But it might demand a cloud storage account.

[eek]

What about https://naturespy.org/products/natur...-trail-camera?

wifi, solar powered and can take additional batteries if required

[sadkingbilly]

still no ONVIF support. maybe that doesn't matter, but i'd be interested in any fairly cheap cam with support.