Excellent review: very thorough and fair. Thanks for taking the time! Also really appreciate the proper audio, good lighting, and great video quality, Makes it a pleasure to watch your content.
A very comprehensive review! Seems like a classic case of you get what you pay for/buy once, cry once. Biggest downsides are the image quality as not many people have experience with or the software to color grade, the microphone, and the glare on the lens. I think the TriggerCam is the way to go overall, but it's two drawbacks are the internal non-user replaceable battery and the short clamp screw. I'm curious what the quality and features of the higher end version will be. Great video!
Great video,Enjoyed the explanation of terms on each camera comparison,lets hope that Scopemate S18 keeps improvement continue.For sure it can be a winner once they see what is needed for a better camera for scopes. you did a real good job very through!
A very fair evaluation of these two scope cams. Thanks and update when the upgrade is released. Thanks Matt. As always on the major matches please don’t use anything that could cost you even a couple points. Your performance is what matters most.
Great review Matt. I originally bought my Trigger Cam based off of your FIRST Comparison of the Tacti Cam. I am 100% satisfied with the Triggercam over anything else. I plan to buy a new one if I get a ZCO so I can film through it.
Great review. I'm going to pick up the S18 because like you said it will do what I need without having to pay the extra hard earned cash for the trigger cam. thanks for the fair reivew
Womfat , Brother, thank you so much for doing these very very informative videos for PRS, This video has been very helpful In my decision to purchase a scope cam. God bless you God bless your family and God bless the republic.
The Triggercam is pricey but you can see it in the quality of the footage and construction. I don't know if that premium is worth it and perhaps it's unfair to directly compare the two, but I think I'd opt for the Triggercam.
I’ve been using one and the picture quality is not as good as the triggercam. The reticle gets blurry around the edges just like in your video. My focus knob also started bending when I put it in my sniper bag. But other than that, I like it better than the triggercam, especially when it comes to transferring files which was a nightmare on the triggercam. How do you adjust the video quality? I use CapCut and I think I saw an option there to enhance the video.
Hey matt thanks for the great video. I watched your other video on the comparison between the tactacam and the triggercam. I purchased the tactacam because of availability and because I could change the batteries. I just shoot bench all day 8 to 1 or 2 in afternoon and still kind of new to shooting bench, so when I found out that i could use a 256 g video card, i just push record and change the battery later in the day when the battery gets weak. Can the triggercam record continuously all day without a recharge? I tend to forget to push record when I should have and miss important info. I like many of the features that the triggercam has but a fixed internal battery was one thing i dislike. The newer version of S18 appears to be out now hopefully it has some even better features, maybe better than the triggercam?
I am shooting FT events with Airgun. Out to 100 yards with a higher end scope do you think video quality will give me feed back for my learning. My parallax is very adjustable and precise for ranging 10-60 yards.
Hey Matt! Thanks for the review! I was chatting with ScopeMate last night and they said they might be sending you a 3.0 to review as well as the S24. Do you have any idea of when you might be getting those?
Great review Matt as usual. Just one question You said the come mate did not handle parallax change very well. With the adjustment wheel on the outside of this unit is it possible to adjust your focus for shorter ranges to get it sharper. I know you can’t see what your camera sees on the fly but with some practice and additional witness marks on the focus wheel do you think it would be possible
The problem isn’t the adjustment wheel. Once you use that to focus the reticle you can get clear video from any distance as long as you set the parallax on the scope to what the camera agrees with. What I’m saying is that I often can’t take the time to verify or do that because of the fact in shooting a stage. If you know what parallax setting your scope camera likes for each distance, you can take the time to dial that in and get clear video.
It could be just low quality optics since the targets were 400 (or more) yards out and parallax was not that much critical in comparison with less than 200 yard ... It may have to crop the image since video format either 4:3 or 16:9. One thing did not mentioned in this video .... It is Made in China, isn't ?
I'll have to try one, unfortunately, for triggercam & I, both, I got a defective one about 3 yrs. ago, & although it ended well Thanks to the owner of the company, & NO THANKS to an employee there for almost NOT ending well, I took a refund, which is also due to the employee, that said, being the reason to try the S18 & not a triggercam anymore. My experience with triggercam, though few are reported, is right on par with the few others that have had the same experience as I, which may very well be due to the same employee aswell, by not expediting the issue before the short warranty period runs out accompanied by a bad attitude......just wanted to clarify why I have chosen to try S18 in PRS Matches vs triggercam.
This means Scopemate is serious to make the scope camera better and better, S18 has evolutioned from version 1.0 to Version 3.0. Scopemate is willing to hear from clients and make the improvement immediately!
I really appreciate the high quality and wholesome content across all your videos. Thanks 👍🏻
Excellent review: very thorough and fair. Thanks for taking the time!
Also really appreciate the proper audio, good lighting, and great video quality, Makes it a pleasure to watch your content.
COPY on the comments applauding your review, simply put - You Sir, are the BEST at reviews !, Thank You for your generosity to make & share videos.
A very comprehensive review! Seems like a classic case of you get what you pay for/buy once, cry once.
Biggest downsides are the image quality as not many people have experience with or the software to color grade, the microphone, and the glare on the lens.
I think the TriggerCam is the way to go overall, but it's two drawbacks are the internal non-user replaceable battery and the short clamp screw.
I'm curious what the quality and features of the higher end version will be.
Great video!
Great video,Enjoyed the explanation of terms on each camera comparison,lets hope that Scopemate S18 keeps improvement continue.For sure it can be a winner once they see what is needed for a better camera for scopes. you did a real good job very through!
A very fair evaluation of these two scope cams. Thanks and update when the upgrade is released. Thanks Matt. As always on the major matches please don’t use anything that could cost you even a couple points. Your performance is what matters most.
Great review Matt. I originally bought my Trigger Cam based off of your FIRST Comparison of the Tacti Cam. I am 100% satisfied with the Triggercam over anything else. I plan to buy a new one if I get a ZCO so I can film through it.
Great review. I'm going to pick up the S18 because like you said it will do what I need without having to pay the extra hard earned cash for the trigger cam. thanks for the fair reivew
Thanks, I hope it works well for you
Great review you saved me from buying the wrong unit. Thanks
Great review and really thorough. I appreciate the honest comparison to the Triggercam 2.1 since that is what I currently use. Thanks for the video!
Womfat , Brother, thank you so much for doing these very very informative videos for PRS, This video has been very helpful In my decision to purchase a scope cam. God bless you God bless your family and God bless the republic.
Oh ok. I get you now.
Thanks for clarifying that.
Keep up the good work. 💪🇮🇪☘️
The Triggercam is pricey but you can see it in the quality of the footage and construction. I don't know if that premium is worth it and perhaps it's unfair to directly compare the two, but I think I'd opt for the Triggercam.
Thank you Matt, this video helpfull me.
I’ve been using one and the picture quality is not as good as the triggercam. The reticle gets blurry around the edges just like in your video. My focus knob also started bending when I put it in my sniper bag. But other than that, I like it better than the triggercam, especially when it comes to transferring files which was a nightmare on the triggercam.
How do you adjust the video quality? I use CapCut and I think I saw an option there to enhance the video.
Hey matt thanks for the great video. I watched your other video on the comparison between the tactacam and the triggercam. I purchased the tactacam because of availability and because I could change the batteries. I just shoot bench all day 8 to 1 or 2 in afternoon and still kind of new to shooting bench, so when I found out that i could use a 256 g video card, i just push record and change the battery later in the day when the battery gets weak. Can the triggercam record continuously all day without a recharge? I tend to forget to push record when I should have and miss important info. I like many of the features that the triggercam has but a fixed internal battery was one thing i dislike. The newer version of S18 appears to be out now hopefully it has some even better features, maybe better than the triggercam?
Would like to see your update on review of Triggercam!
Very comprehensible good job
I am shooting FT events with Airgun. Out to 100 yards with a higher end scope do you think video quality will give me feed back for my learning. My parallax is very adjustable and precise for ranging 10-60 yards.
New Firmware V1.4.9 issued on 23th Sep. 2024 is a milestone and revolutional improvement for the Scopemate S18
Do you maybe have any info how does Scopemate S18 works on hunting scopes (scopes without parallax correction)?
Hey Matt! Thanks for the review! I was chatting with ScopeMate last night and they said they might be sending you a 3.0 to review as well as the S24. Do you have any idea of when you might be getting those?
The 3.0 seems to have some good improvements. The screws were moved to the side and the focus wheel was fixed they said.
Matt what camera settings are you using on your TriggerCam?
I use it in 1080 30fps, I think mostly all the other settings are default
Who sells them in Canada?
Only place I know is directly from Scopemate
Do you have to focus the S18 every time you adjust your throw lever? I have an LPVO Id consider using it on.
it may go very slightly out of focus if you change magnification, but not by much.
Great review Matt as usual.
Just one question
You said the come mate did not handle parallax change very well.
With the adjustment wheel on the outside of this unit is it possible to adjust your focus for shorter ranges to get it sharper.
I know you can’t see what your camera sees on the fly but with some practice and additional witness marks on the focus wheel do you think it would be possible
The problem isn’t the adjustment wheel. Once you use that to focus the reticle you can get clear video from any distance as long as you set the parallax on the scope to what the camera agrees with. What I’m saying is that I often can’t take the time to verify or do that because of the fact in shooting a stage. If you know what parallax setting your scope camera likes for each distance, you can take the time to dial that in and get clear video.
So in conclusion,which is better,sir
Hi on 19.00 what bino you use ? Don't want to spend a lot of money but I am getting tired of poor quality image from my cheap bino.
The binos are the Sig Kilo 6K compact
It could be just low quality optics since the targets were 400 (or more) yards out and parallax was not that much critical in comparison with less than 200 yard ... It may have to crop the image since video format either 4:3 or 16:9. One thing did not mentioned in this video .... It is Made in China, isn't ?
Good Video Math.
I shoot the 22l.r. PRS with my Triggercam.
I test the Tactacam and i can say i love my Triggercam.
Chris
From Germany
I'll have to try one, unfortunately, for triggercam & I, both, I got a defective one about 3 yrs. ago, & although it ended well Thanks to the owner of the company, & NO THANKS to an employee there for almost NOT ending well, I took a refund, which is also due to the employee, that said, being the reason to try the S18 & not a triggercam anymore. My experience with triggercam, though few are reported, is right on par with the few others that have had the same experience as I, which may very well be due to the same employee aswell, by not expediting the issue before the short warranty period runs out accompanied by a bad attitude......just wanted to clarify why I have chosen to try S18 in PRS Matches vs triggercam.
Yeah, I bought tactacam mount based on your review but the camera is now discontinued...😂😂
Good review m8, sounds like is way overpriced for the quality and inconsistency.
This means Scopemate is serious to make the scope camera better and better, S18 has evolutioned from version 1.0 to Version 3.0. Scopemate is willing to hear from clients and make the improvement immediately!
ESL...you mean Chinglish.