I actually bought the camera to catch a shot of an animal that had gotten under our house that we could not see where it was coming in and couldn't catch it. I used the cam under the house to get pics of the critter's movements. It worked flawlessly and caught pics of a nice fat raccoon. Set a animal live trap and was able to relocate said raccoon. So, camera was well worth the money. As a note, the pics were taken in very dark environment under the house at about 04:00 and were clear as crystal.