canon owl pf date

[Joe Gallagher]

I ###went to Walmart and picked up a Canon SureShot Owl PF date for my first trail cam. ###It was on the clearance shelf and the last one in the store. ###I asked why it was being discontinued and was told that there was a problem with the auto rewind with too many of the units sold. ###I went ahead and purchased the camera. ###The rewind problem is evident within the first few roles of film. ###Has anyone had any trouble with there Canon Owl? ### I also bought a Regent security light MS20WC. ###The circuit board looks like the right one. ###I'm just wondering what the "W" in MS20WC means.

[cedar N sandy]

Hello Joe,
### I made a similar purchase at my local store here in Ga. The PF was marked down to $44.00 and I haven't been able to find another around here anywhere. I ordered one from Amazon.com and it should be here in a few days. I have built one cam and have not expierienced any problems with the PF so far. Thanks for sharing the info because I was wondering why they were discontiued at Wal-Mart.
###Do you think some "cammies" were returning them if they destroyed the curcuit board while trying to modify/solder? ###Makes me wonder. I sure burnt one up good fashion but it was my own fault and when I went inside the camera I voided the warranty.
###The "W" stands for the color white. The also came in the color black.

[ilbowhunter]

I have had problems with the rewind as well. ###The #4 terminal inside the camera had a little solder running to the #3 terminal (which is the manual rewind). ###I heated and scraped the bridge from 3 to 4 away and have had no problems since. ###I was getting premature rewinds before.

[Tinhorn]

Boy, if Ibowhunter is right and the problem was a poor solder job, too bad we couldn't get hold of those returned cameras... ### ### ###

Out of the 8 or 9 I've built, NONE had any problems and I never noticed any bad solder on them either....

(Mite want to move this to the "Game Trail Cameras and Camcorders" part of this site)

Tinhorn ###

(Edited by Tinhorn at 10:13 pm on May 15, 2001)

[ilbowhunter]

A little further information:
The bridge that was between 3 and 4 was very small,
only viewable with a magnifier. ###Look closely! (if you are having rewind problems)

http://www.fgi.net/~snider

[Richard Webb]

Joe Gallagher - I just purchased a Regent MS20 at Wal*Mart , and it's a Bronze Color that looks good on my OD Color 7.62 ammo can. (Almost a perfect match) I removed the light bulb sockets, and kept the whole assembly together with the swivel mount. ###It kind of looks like a gas mask. ###If you want to mount the MS20 inside a 7.62 ammo can all you have to do is file off the front of the rain hood, and the whole assembly slips down neatly inside supporting its self. ###Myself, I plan to mount the whole assembly on the outside of the can somewhere, so that I have full use of the swivel mount during trail use. ###The deer in this area come running down a trail for water, so sometimes it would be desirable to point the PIR up the trail a ways. This is the Wal*Mart Number: 004442700740

Here is the Pleasanton, CA Store Manager's Phone:

George Rodriquez
(925) 734-8744

[jayber]

A couple weeks after I spent $65 for an Owl PF date at Circuit City, I started seeing the same camera go for first, $49, then $44 at Wal-Mart. ###This has been about 3 months now and they're still around here, but fading slowly. ###I'm gonna have to get some more soon before they disappear completely!

[upnorthunter]

They are on sale for 45.00 through the rest of the week.

[MBullism]

(the sound of chairs turning over, glass breaking and doors slamming as I head for the car)

Thanks! ###May look after work, soon as I figure out how mad my wife will be....

M

[TNDEERHUNTER]

Thanks!!!! :smiley-thumbs-up:

[Tinhorn]

I hope that's not a bad omen and they're about to discontinue them

Tinhorn

[jayber]

Can't find them in Targets down here in the southern part of the state!

[MBullism]

stopped on the way home tonight. ###They had two, I left them with one. ###They weren't on sale though, I paid full price (49.99). ###That seems to be the "right" price around here when you can find one so I sprung for one. ###I know I can get them at sears and others for 59.00, but I haven't felt so trapped as to pay it.

Desperate yes, but trapped...no

Thanks again for another source

M

[hamiltoe]

I've heard that Sears will match competitors prices. ###Even website prices. ###All you have to do is print out a copy of the web page and bring it in. ###They will verify first, but will match it. ###A friend of mine does it all the time and says he has saved a lot of money that way by avoiding shipping costs.

[MBullism]

Ohhhh... I don't want my brother in law to see that hamiltoe, he just last week did the 59 dollar trick. ###Thanks for the info though. ###How would they verify an unadvertised, everyday price?

Not complaining, I'm soldering , baby...!

[Curtiss]

If you are looking for the Cannon Pf with date,time, you can check out Sears store. Get a print out from a site with a price, and they will match it. I think that they retail at sears for 59.00. I asked them to check how many were in there system, and she looked it up and said there were over 7000 of them.

[Jim K]

Anybody have any idea where you can get a print out on the web you can take to Sears cheaper than $59.00?
Jim

[MBullism]

With a little photoshop edititng, we may have just found someplace we can buy 7000 of them for $15.00 apiece! ###:muha:

(just kidding boys and girls... ###Don't try this at home! :no no: &nbsp

M

[MBullism]

This is the cheapest I've found so far... ###$48 and change. ###The description says date, but the picture doesn't...

http://electronicsemall.com/cansurshotow3.html

Still looking

M

[upnorthunter]

I just bought two owl pf dates at target last night. ###They weren't on sale anymore, but they were 49.00 a piece. ###Even got a 10 percent discount for getting a target charge, so that was another 5.00 off.