Oldbloke, that first image you posted (with the roos in it), looks like the IR filter hasnt retracted for daylight photos. One of our Leupold cameras used to do the same; it made the daylight photos have a pink tinge to them. When I've opened a few cameras up, there is a flip-over IR filter that is supposed to retract for daylight images.
Our most common stand-alone camera has been the Scoutguard SG550V8-HD, but I see there is a replacement for it that looks a bit better:
http://outdoorcameras.com.au/56/swift-3 ... -lens.htmlAt $300, I'm tempted to pick up a couple more. Last time I bought any cameras(~2014), they were over $350 each.
We usually get fairly clear B&W images out to roughly 15 metres from the camera with these Scoutguards.
This dog would have been roughly 7 metres distant?
About the only complaint was the IR LED's were visible(some animals saw them), but it seems that Swift 3C uses true blacklight flash.
Interestingly, we havent found that more expensive has bought us better cameras and/or images. Some of the more expensive cameras we've tried have turned out to be really slow to trigger, are really hard on batteries, or badly unreliable. One mdoel could even be located by the white noise it transmitted to a roo-shooters UHF radio!
These Scoutguards were one of the cheapest we've used, and they have proven to be about the best value for money.
Cheers,
Rod.