Wildlife Camera

[shivvy]

My sister has moved to a new house with a nice big long garden and is enjoying new visitors such as squirrels and foxes. She wants to buy her husband a wildlife camera to catch all the nighttime activity but is finding it hard to choose one. I was going to put this question into Technology but was scared that the answers would be too 'teccy' so I'm putting it here so that we can get suggestions from people who use wildlife cameras as well as understanding the teccy side of it.
The things that she would like are 1) that it uses wifi and 2) that her husband can watch the activity back on his iphone.
So her first question is . . . If it uses wifi can the images/videos be sent straight to his phone or does an SD card always need to be used somehow? She doesn't think that she has a laptop etc in the house that would take an SD card.
Then she also needs a bit of advice on some of the teccy numbers. The following details seem important but its hard to know what numbers she should be looking for. Are the numbers in the following areas low/med/high . . .
mp number 20
video resolution 1296
sensor range 130
trigger speed 0.3

Any advice would be great including makes or brands that are known to be good.
She has done quite a bit of research already so doesn't need anyone to google - it is experience that she is interested in please.
Thanks so much.

[MattA777]

You haven’t mentioned a budget- but here is an example from Amazon:
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[Tuvok]

I have a few cameras.

None of mine are wifi - although I have an indoor camera that is triggered when the outdoor ones are triggered. I can see it on my iPad.

My current cameras are from Lidl and Aldi.

Here are some of my videos

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy8fBZdv_0itvMI8px6smIw

My original camera - Ltlacorn - had the option to add a mobile sim card and it could then the images. I never made use of that option - too mean to pay for a mobile sim and its costs, and poor mobile area.

I would recommend that she goes for one with 3 sensors on it eg. pointing 11, 12 and 1 o'clock.

The figures you have quoted are good - but you can set tbe camera to work at lower resolutions.

If you don't have a card reader, you can still connect the camera by usb, and view them on tv if you have the phono socket on tv.

[barry1010]

I card reader is very cheap, around £7 so don't let that put you off. It would probably be more convenient than constantly removing the camera.

[Zacs-Master]

If it has wi fi there’s no need for a card reader.

[ladybirder]

I asked the same question here recently.
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Technology/Question1723437.html

[barry1010]

Depends on how far down the garden the wifi reaches

[shivvy]

Thanks for your help everyone.