The videos look ok on a screen until you try to zoom in. And still photos don’t have enough data to be post processed to be sharp when printed and can’t be cropped. I wish there was an inexpensive way to have a camera of the quality we use manually to be set up for motion detection. Even smart phones have better cameras.
So much that is interesting happens at night or when the animals don’t get spooked by humans! And they come up close. I have videos of deer and raccoons sniffing the camera. And a wonderful video of a doe nursing her fawn. But with low resolution I can’t make prints.

I've been using a Busnell 119716cw for about a year, and while it is fun to see the animals, the picture quality is poor. The model is labeled "16mp", but in reality it has only a 3mp sensor.(you have to read the manual to figure that out) I read one article about trail cameras that said that is true of all of them until you get to the quality used by magazine photographers or scientists who spent $10,000+.
Does anyone have info on outdoor motion/heat detector cameras that have better sensors? Most trail cameras are in the $100-$300 range, but the sensors are not described. There a few that take stills and video at the same time going for about $3000. I don't need to take stills if I could get really good video. I can't find much info on the true quality of cameras sold for security, but prices lead me to guess they are similar quality to trail cams.