Reconyx · Spec profile
Reconyx HyperFire 4K Professional (HP4K)
- Premium
- No-glow
- 4K video
The research-grade version of the HyperFire 4K adds a wider operating temperature range, RapidFire bursts, up to 90 images per trigger, longer video clips and more shutter options. It is the kind of camera used by ecologists and long-term survey projects, with LoGlow, white-flash and small-mammal variants also offered.
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Strengths and weaknesses
Strengths
- Native 4K images and video
- Extensive research settings (bursts, shutter speeds, long clips)
- Works from -40°C to +60°C
- Five-year warranty
- Multiple specialist variants (white flash, small mammal)
Weaknesses
- Expensive and overkill for casual garden use
- No alkaline batteries
- No screen for framing
- Few UK stockists
Who it suits
The research we draw on points to: remote sites, deer, badgers and foxes, video.
What reviewers found
We haven’t found a published review of this camera yet, so this spec profile relies on the manufacturer’s specifications. If you know of an independent review, tell us.
Full specifications
From the manufacturer. “Not published” means we couldn’t find the figure in the maker’s own information.
- Brand
- Reconyx
- Model
- HyperFire 4K Professional (HP4K)
- Year launched
- Not stated
- Price band (our label)
- Premium
- Photo resolution
- 8 MP (native 8MP (4K) per Reconyx; 2MP 1080 option)
- Video
- 4K/30fps (or 24fps; clips up to 5 min)
- Trigger speed
- 0.25 s
- Detection range (PIR)
- 30 m
- Night vision
- No-glow infrared
- Night illumination range
- 45 m
- Power
- 12×AA (NiMH or Energizer Ultimate Lithium only)
- Battery life (maker’s claim)
- Up to 40,000 images or 6 hours of video, for up to 2 years
- Storage
- SD/SDHC/SDXC/SDUC up to 1TB
- Connectivity
- None stated (saves to card)
- Solar
- No
- Weatherproofing
- Not published
- Viewing screen
- Not published
- Dimensions
- 140 × × 115 × × 75 mm
- Weight
- Not published
Sources
Checked 18 October 2026. Specifications and findings come from:
- Reconyx: HyperFire 4K Professional (HP4K) product page (reconyx.com)
- reconyx.com (reconyx.com)
- adorama.com (adorama.com)
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Printed from wildlifetrailcameras.co.uk/cameras/reconyx-hyperfire-4k-professional/ · Checked 18 October 2026 · Research review: manufacturer specifications and independent findings, not our own tests.