Camera Selection Guide 2024

SMART Surveillance 2024 Camera Selection Guide, Surveillance

Select technology: All | Analogue | IP | Other/speciality-camera | Thermal


Select brand: All | AJAX | Avigilon | Bosch | Dahua | Dahua Technology | Hikvision | Kedacom | Pelco | Tiandy | TVT | UNV



Category: IP

Brand/Range name: Hikvision

Camera name: DS-2XC6047G0-LS(PA)

Maximum resolution: 4 MP 2688 × 1520

Lighting Capabilities: White light 40 m Colour: 0.001 lux @ (F1.0, AGC ON), 0 lux with Light.

Onboard storage: Built-in memory card slot, up to 256 GB.

ONVIF conformant: Yes.

Description: Motion detection (supports alarm triggered by specified target types – human and vehicle); line crossing, intrusion, region entrance, region exiting. Supports alarm triggering by specified target types (human and vehicle).

Variations in range:

• 2.8 mm/4 mm.

Contact: Qi Wang

[email protected]



Category: IP

Brand/Range name: Hikvision

Camera name: PT Camera/DS-2DE2C400MWG-E

Maximum resolution: 4 MP 2688 × 1520

Lighting Capabilities: Colour: 0.01 lux @ (F2.0, AGC ON),B/W: 0.005 lux @ (F2.0, AGC ON), 0 lux with light; White light distance: up to 30 m, IR distance: up to 30 m.

Onboard storage: Built-in memory card slot, up to 512GB.

Onboard intelligence/analytics: Motion detection (supports alarm triggering by specified target type – human); video tampering alarm, exception.

ONVIF conformant: Yes.

Description: SMB market.

Variations in range:

• 1 RJ45 10/100 self-adaptive Ethernet port; movement range (pan): 0° to 345°; movement range (tilt): 0° to 80°.

Contact: Qi Wang

[email protected]



Category: IP

Brand/Range name: Hikvision

Camera name: TandemVu Camera DS-2SE4C425MWG-E(14F0)

Maximum resolution: [Bullet channel] 2560 × 1440, [PTZ channel] 2560 × 1440

Lighting Capabilities: [Bullet channel]: 0.0005 lux @ (F1.0, AGC ON), 0 lux with light; [PTZchannel]: Colour: 0.005 lux @ (F1.6, AGC ON), B/W: 0.001 lux @ (F1.6, AGC ON), 0 lux with IR.

Onboard storage: Built-in memory card slot, up to 256GB.

Onboard intelligence/analytics: [PTZ] motion detection, PTZ actions; [PTZ & bullet] alarm input and output, line crossing detection, intrusion detection, region entrance and exiting detection.

ONVIF conformant: Yes.

Description: SMB market.

Variations in range:

• [Bullet channel]: 2.8 mm; [PTZ channel]: 4.8 to 120 mm, 25 × optical or 5 to 75 mm, 15x optical; 12VDC, PoE+.

Contact: Qi Wang

[email protected]



Category: Analogue

Brand/Range name: Hikvision

Supplier(s): Pinnacle , Regal, Sensor

Camera name: Turbo 8.0/ DS-2CE16D0T-LXTS

Maximum resolution: 2 MP, 1920 × 1080 resolution

Lighting Capabilities: 0.01 lux @ (F1.6, AGC ON), 0 lux with white light.

Description: 2 MP CMOS sensor, 1080p @ 25 fps, EXIR, 30 m IR+20 m white light, outdoor smart-hybrid-light bullet, ICR, 0.01 lux/F1.2, 12 V DC, Smart IR, DNR, smart lighting (with Acusense DVR), IP67, 2.8/3.6 mm lens, built-in mic and speaker, up to 5 metres of two-way audio with echo cancellation, blue and red light for Live Guard with visual and auditory warnings.

Contact: Qi Wang

[email protected]



Category: Analogue

Brand/Range name: Hikvision

Supplier(s): Pinnacle, Regal, Sensor

Camera name: DS-2CE12KF0T-LFS

Maximum resolution: 3K (5 MP, 16:9)

Lighting Capabilities: Smart hybird light with ColorVu.

ONVIF conformant: Yes.

Description: 3K (5 MP 16:9), CMOS Sensor, 3K @ 20 fps (default), outdoor smart hybridlight bullet, 0.001 lux/F1.0,40 m IR +40 m White Light, 2D DNR, built-in mic, audio on Coaxial (only TVI), 12 V DC, OSD menu (On the Coax), IP67, 2.8/3.6 mm lens, 24H colour, Smart lighting (with Acusense DVR), supports TVI/AHD/CVI/CVBS video signal output.

Contact: Qi Wang

[email protected]





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