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whatahw··on Show HN: I made a tiny camera with super long battery life
His camera costs $200 and takes 3MP photos with no video capability and poor low light performance.

A $50 trail cam will take at least 10MP photos, will have night vision and will be able to take videos. People have left trail cams out for over a year and they were still taking photos.

Battery life is cool, but if existing devices already have more life than anyone needs what's the point?

whatahw··on Show HN: I made a tiny camera with super long battery life
Why not use a trail camera? They do everything this device does but better, plus they have video and night vision. And you can buy one for $50 instead of $200.
whatahw··on Show HN: I made a tiny camera with super long battery life
The one use case he mentions could also be satisfied by a $50 trail camera with video capability, better photo quality, better low light performance and better motion sensing.

I'm really struggling to figure out why people are excited about this. Do they not know trail cameras exist?

whatahw··on Show HN: I made a tiny camera with super long battery life
What is the use case? Trail cameras already do this and they cost $50 instead of $200 with better photo quality and better motion sensing.

Oh and they take video too.