Is Olympus Infinity Jr. a good camera for Homebrew?

[scott morris]

I saw on Ebay that there are 2 Olympus Infinity Jr.s for sale for $15-20.00. Are they okay to use or should I spend another $20-$30 bucks for the Cannon. I read on Jesse's page that they are okay. Just want to make sure before I bid.

[Archilochus]

Hi Scott,
Sure, I'd say it's one of the better choices - assuming the cam works properly. ###When these cams were new models, I made 110 trail-cams out of them for a research project. ###They suffered about 15% loss due to the film motor drive gear stripping out. ###This happened very soon after the cams were put in the field, and any cameras that survived the first month continued to work fine. ###Since any Infinity Jr you come across has been used for several years, it's probably one of the good ones.

Good Luck!,
Archilochus