4K 42X Powered by DarkFighter IR Network

1/1.8" Progressive Scan CMOS
High quality imaging with 8 MP resolution
Excellent low-light performance with Powered-by-DarkFighter technology
42× optical zoom and 16× digital zoom provide close up views over expansive areas
Expansive night view with up to 500 m IR distance
Water and dust resistant (IP67) and vandal proof (IK10)
Supports face capture to detect, capture, grade, and select faces in motion
Supports road traffic to detect vehicles
Smart Pan-Tilt Correction

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DS-2DF8A842IXG-EL

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Data Sheet

Camera
Image Sensor 1/1.8" progressive scan CMOS
Min. Illumination Color: 0.005Lux @ (F1.2, AGC ON), B/W: 0.0005Lux @ (F1.2, AGC ON)
Shutter Speed 1/1 s to 1/30,000 s
Slow Shutter Yes
Day & Night IR cut filter
Zoom 42x optical, 16x digital
Max. Resolution 3840 × 2160

Lens
Focus Auto, semi-auto, manual, rapid focus
Focal Length 6.0 mm to 252 mm
Zoom Speed Approx. 4.8 s
FOV Horizontal field of view: 56.6° to 1.7° (wide-tele), Vertical field of view: 33.7° to 0.9° (wide-tele), Diagonal field of view: 63.4° to 1.9° (wide-tele)
Aperture Max. F1.2

Illuminator
Supplement Light Type IR
Supplement Light Range 500 m
Smart Supplement Light Yes

PTZ
Movement Range (Pan) 360°
Movement Range (Tilt) -20° to 90° (auto flip)
Pan Speed Pan speed: configurable from 0.1° to 210°/s; preset speed: 280°/s
Tilt Speed Tilt speed: configurable from 0.1° to 150°/s, preset speed 250°/s
Proportional Pan Yes
Presets 300
Patrol Scan 8 patrols, up to 32 presets for each patrol
Pattern Scan 4 pattern scans, record time over 10 minutes for each scan
Power-off Memory Yes
Park Action Preset, pattern scan, patrol scan, auto scan, tilt scan, random scan, frame scan, panorama scan
3D Positioning Yes
PTZ Status Display Yes
Preset Freezing Yes
Scheduled Task Preset, pattern scan, patrol scan, auto scan, tilt scan, random scan, frame scan, panorama scan, dome reboot, dome adjust, aux output

Video
Main Stream 50 Hz: 25 fps (3840 × 2160，2560 × 1440, 1920 × 1080, 1280 × 960, 1280 × 720) 60 Hz: 30 fps (3840 × 2160，2560 × 1440, 1920 × 1080, 1280 × 960, 1280 × 720)
Sub-Stream 50 Hz: 25 fps (704 × 576, 640 × 480, 352 × 288) 60 Hz: 30 fps (704 × 480, 640 × 480, 352 × 240)
Third Stream 50 Hz: 25 fps (1920 × 1080, 1280 × 960, 1280 × 720, 704 × 576, 640 × 480, 352 × 288) 60 Hz: 30 fps (1920 × 1080, 1280 × 960, 1280 × 720, 704 × 480, 640 × 480, 352 × 240)
Video Compression Main stream: H.265+/H.265/H.264+/H.264 Sub-stream: H.265/H.264/MJPEG Third stream: H.265/H.264/MJPEG
Video Bit Rate 32 Kbps to 16384 Kbps
H.264 Type Baseline Profile/Main Profile/High Profile
H.265 Type Main Profile
Scalable Video Coding (SVC) H.264 and H.265 encoding
Region of Interest (ROI) 8 fixed regions for each stream

Audio
Audio Compression G.711alaw, G.711ulaw, G.722.1, G.726, MP2L2, PCM
Audio Bit Rate 64 Kbps (G.711)/16 Kbps (G.722.1)/16 Kbps (G.726)/32 to 192 Kbps (MP2L2)

Network
Network Storage NAS (NFS, SMB/ CIFS), ANR
Protocols IPv4/IPv6, HTTP, HTTPS, 802.1x, Qos, FTP, SMTP, UPnP, SNMP, DNS, DDNS, NTP, RTSP, RTCP, RTP, TCP/IP, DHCP, PPPoE, UDP, IGMP, ICMP, Bonjour
API ISUP, ISAPI, Hikvision SDK, Open Network Video Interface (Profile S, Profile G, Profile T)
Simultaneous Live View Up to 20 channels
User/Host Up to 32 users. 3 levels: Administrator, Operator and User
Security Password protection, complicated password, HTTPS encryption, 802.1X authentication (EAP-TLS, EAP-LEAP, EAP-MD5), watermark, IP address filter, basic and digest authentication for HTTP/HTTPS, RTP/RTSP over HTTPS, control timeout settings, security audit log, TLS 1.3, host authentication (MAC address)
Client HikCentral, iVMS-4200, Hik-Connect
Web Browser IE11, Chrome 57.0+, Firefox 52.0+, Safari 11+

Image
Image Settings Saturation, brightness, contrast, sharpness, gain, and white balance adjustable by client software or web browser
Day/Night Switch Day, night, auto, scheduled-switch
Image Enhancement BLC, HLC, 3D DNR
Wide Dynamic Range (WDR) 140 dB WDR
Defog Optical defog
Image Stabilization Yes. Built-in gyroscope to improve EIS performance.
Regional Exposure Yes
Regional Focus Yes
Privacy Mask Up to 24 masks, polygon region, mosaic mask, mask color configurable
SNR ≥ 52 dB

Supplement Detection
Satellite Positioning NO

Interface
Ethernet Interface 1 RJ45 10M/100M self-adaptive Ethernet port
On-board Storage Built-in memory card slot, support MicroSD/MicroSDHC/MicroSDXC, up to 256 GB
Alarm 7 inputs, 2 outputs
Audio 1 input (line in), max. input amplitude: 0-3.3Vpp, input impedance: 4.7KΩ±5%; 1 output (line out), line level, output impedance: 600 Ω
Video Output 1.0V[p-p]/75Ω, PAL, NTSC, BNC connector
RS-485 HIKVISION, Pelco-P, Pelco-D, self-adaptive

Event
Linkage Upload to FTP/NAS/memory card,notify surveillance center,send email,trigger recording,and PTZ actions (such as preset, patrol scan, pattern scan)
Basic Event Motion detection, video tampering alarm, alarm input and output, exception
Smart Event Line crossing detection, region entrance detection, unattended baggage detection, object removal detection, intrusion detection, region exiting detection, vandal-proof alarm, audio exception detection
Smart Tracking Manual tracking, auto-tracking

Deep Learning Function
Face Capture Support detecting up to 30 faces at the same time. Support detecting, tracking, capturing, grading, selecting of face in motion, and output the best face picture of the face
Face Comparison Yes
Perimeter Protection Line crossing, intrusion, region entrance, region exiting Support alarm triggering by specified target types (human and vehicle)

Road Traffic and Vehicle Detection
Road Traffic Support vehicle detection (license plate number,vehicle model, and vehicle color recognition)

General
General Function Mirror, password protection, watermark, IP address filter
Power 24 VAC (Max. 60 W, including max. 18 W for IR and max. 6 W for heater), Hi-PoE (Max. 50 W, including max. 18 W for IR and max. 6 W for heater)
Operating Condition Temperature: -40°C to 70°C (-40°F to 158°F), Humidity: ≤ 95%
Dimension ⌀ 267 mm × 405 mm (⌀ 10.51" × 15.94")
Weight Approx. 8.5 kg (18.74 lb.)
Language 33 languages: English, Russian, Estonian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Greek, German, Italian, Czech, Slovak, French, Polish, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian, Turkish, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Portuguese (Brazil), Ukrainian

Approval
EMC FCC SDoC (47 CFR Part 15, Subpart B); CE-EMC (EN 55032: 2015, EN 61000-3-2: 2019, EN 61000-3-3: 2013+A1:2019, EN 50130-4: 2011 +A1: 2014); RCM (AS/NZS CISPR 32: 2015); IC VoC (ICES-003: Issue 7); KC (KN 32: 2015, KN 35: 2015)
Safety UL (UL 62368-1) CB (IEC 62368-1:2014+A11); CE-LVD (EN 62368-1:2014+A11:2017), BIS (IS 13252(Part 1):2010/ IEC 60950-1: 2005); LOA (IEC/EN 60950-1)
Environment CE-RoHS (2011/65/EU); WEEE (2012/19/EU); Reach (Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006)
Protection Lightning Protection, Surge Protection and Voltage Transient Protection, ±6 kV Line to Gnd, ±3kV Line to Line, IK10 (IEC 62262:2002), IP67 (IEC 60529-2013)

Camera

Image Sensor

1/1.8" progressive scan CMOS

Min. Illumination

Color: 0.005Lux @ (F1.2, AGC ON), B/W: 0.0005Lux @ (F1.2, AGC ON)

Shutter Speed

1/1 s to 1/30,000 s

Slow Shutter

Yes

Day & Night

IR cut filter

Zoom

42x optical, 16x digital

Max. Resolution

3840 × 2160

Lens

Focus

Auto, semi-auto, manual, rapid focus

Focal Length

6.0 mm to 252 mm

Zoom Speed

Approx. 4.8 s

FOV

Horizontal field of view: 56.6° to 1.7° (wide-tele), Vertical field of view: 33.7° to 0.9° (wide-tele), Diagonal field of view: 63.4° to 1.9° (wide-tele)

Aperture

Max. F1.2

Illuminator

Supplement Light Type

Supplement Light Range

500 m

Smart Supplement Light

Yes

PTZ

Movement Range (Pan)

360°

Movement Range (Tilt)

-20° to 90° (auto flip)

Pan Speed

Pan speed: configurable from 0.1° to 210°/s; preset speed: 280°/s

Tilt Speed

Tilt speed: configurable from 0.1° to 150°/s, preset speed 250°/s

Proportional Pan

Yes

Presets

300

Patrol Scan

8 patrols, up to 32 presets for each patrol

Pattern Scan

4 pattern scans, record time over 10 minutes for each scan

Power-off Memory

Yes

Park Action

Preset, pattern scan, patrol scan, auto scan, tilt scan, random scan, frame scan, panorama scan

3D Positioning

Yes

PTZ Status Display

Yes

Preset Freezing

Yes

Scheduled Task

Preset, pattern scan, patrol scan, auto scan, tilt scan, random scan, frame scan, panorama scan, dome reboot, dome adjust, aux output

Video

Main Stream

50 Hz: 25 fps (3840 × 2160，2560 × 1440, 1920 × 1080, 1280 × 960, 1280 × 720) 60 Hz: 30 fps (3840 × 2160，2560 × 1440, 1920 × 1080, 1280 × 960, 1280 × 720)

Sub-Stream

50 Hz: 25 fps (704 × 576, 640 × 480, 352 × 288) 60 Hz: 30 fps (704 × 480, 640 × 480, 352 × 240)

Third Stream

50 Hz: 25 fps (1920 × 1080, 1280 × 960, 1280 × 720, 704 × 576, 640 × 480, 352 × 288) 60 Hz: 30 fps (1920 × 1080, 1280 × 960, 1280 × 720, 704 × 480, 640 × 480, 352 × 240)

Video Compression

Main stream: H.265+/H.265/H.264+/H.264 Sub-stream: H.265/H.264/MJPEG Third stream: H.265/H.264/MJPEG

Video Bit Rate

32 Kbps to 16384 Kbps

H.264 Type

Baseline Profile/Main Profile/High Profile

H.265 Type

Main Profile

Scalable Video Coding (SVC)

H.264 and H.265 encoding

Region of Interest (ROI)

8 fixed regions for each stream

Audio

Audio Compression

G.711alaw, G.711ulaw, G.722.1, G.726, MP2L2, PCM

Audio Bit Rate

64 Kbps (G.711)/16 Kbps (G.722.1)/16 Kbps (G.726)/32 to 192 Kbps (MP2L2)

Network

Network Storage

NAS (NFS, SMB/ CIFS), ANR

Protocols

IPv4/IPv6, HTTP, HTTPS, 802.1x, Qos, FTP, SMTP, UPnP, SNMP, DNS, DDNS, NTP, RTSP, RTCP, RTP, TCP/IP, DHCP, PPPoE, UDP, IGMP, ICMP, Bonjour

API

ISUP, ISAPI, Hikvision SDK, Open Network Video Interface (Profile S, Profile G, Profile T)

Simultaneous Live View

Up to 20 channels

User/Host

Up to 32 users. 3 levels: Administrator, Operator and User

Security

Password protection, complicated password, HTTPS encryption, 802.1X authentication (EAP-TLS, EAP-LEAP, EAP-MD5), watermark, IP address filter, basic and digest authentication for HTTP/HTTPS, RTP/RTSP over HTTPS, control timeout settings, security audit log, TLS 1.3, host authentication (MAC address)

Client

HikCentral, iVMS-4200, Hik-Connect

Web Browser

IE11, Chrome 57.0+, Firefox 52.0+, Safari 11+

Image

Image Settings

Saturation, brightness, contrast, sharpness, gain, and white balance adjustable by client software or web browser

Day/Night Switch

Day, night, auto, scheduled-switch

Image Enhancement

BLC, HLC, 3D DNR

Wide Dynamic Range (WDR)

140 dB WDR

Defog

Optical defog

Image Stabilization

Yes. Built-in gyroscope to improve EIS performance.

Regional Exposure

Yes

Regional Focus

Yes

Privacy Mask

Up to 24 masks, polygon region, mosaic mask, mask color configurable

SNR

≥ 52 dB

Supplement Detection

Satellite Positioning

Interface

Ethernet Interface

1 RJ45 10M/100M self-adaptive Ethernet port

On-board Storage

Built-in memory card slot, support MicroSD/MicroSDHC/MicroSDXC, up to 256 GB

Alarm

7 inputs, 2 outputs

Audio

1 input (line in), max. input amplitude: 0-3.3Vpp, input impedance: 4.7KΩ±5%; 1 output (line out), line level, output impedance: 600 Ω

Video Output

1.0V[p-p]/75Ω, PAL, NTSC, BNC connector

RS-485

HIKVISION, Pelco-P, Pelco-D, self-adaptive

Event

Linkage

Upload to FTP/NAS/memory card,notify surveillance center,send email,trigger recording,and PTZ actions (such as preset, patrol scan, pattern scan)

Basic Event

Motion detection, video tampering alarm, alarm input and output, exception

Smart Event

Line crossing detection, region entrance detection, unattended baggage detection, object removal detection, intrusion detection, region exiting detection, vandal-proof alarm, audio exception detection

Smart Tracking

Manual tracking, auto-tracking

Deep Learning Function

Face Capture

Support detecting up to 30 faces at the same time. Support detecting, tracking, capturing, grading, selecting of face in motion, and output the best face picture of the face

Face Comparison

Yes

Perimeter Protection

Line crossing, intrusion, region entrance, region exiting Support alarm triggering by specified target types (human and vehicle)

Road Traffic and Vehicle Detection

Road Traffic

Support vehicle detection (license plate number,vehicle model, and vehicle color recognition)

General

General Function

Mirror, password protection, watermark, IP address filter

Power

24 VAC (Max. 60 W, including max. 18 W for IR and max. 6 W for heater), Hi-PoE (Max. 50 W, including max. 18 W for IR and max. 6 W for heater)

Operating Condition

Temperature: -40°C to 70°C (-40°F to 158°F), Humidity: ≤ 95%

Dimension

⌀ 267 mm × 405 mm (⌀ 10.51" × 15.94")

Weight

Approx. 8.5 kg (18.74 lb.)

Language

33 languages: English, Russian, Estonian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Greek, German, Italian, Czech, Slovak, French, Polish, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian, Turkish, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Portuguese (Brazil), Ukrainian

Approval

EMC

FCC SDoC (47 CFR Part 15, Subpart B); CE-EMC (EN 55032: 2015, EN 61000-3-2: 2019, EN 61000-3-3: 2013+A1:2019, EN 50130-4: 2011 +A1: 2014); RCM (AS/NZS CISPR 32: 2015); IC VoC (ICES-003: Issue 7); KC (KN 32: 2015, KN 35: 2015)

Safety

UL (UL 62368-1) CB (IEC 62368-1:2014+A11); CE-LVD (EN 62368-1:2014+A11:2017), BIS (IS 13252(Part 1):2010/ IEC 60950-1: 2005); LOA (IEC/EN 60950-1)

Environment

CE-RoHS (2011/65/EU); WEEE (2012/19/EU); Reach (Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006)

Protection

Lightning Protection, Surge Protection and Voltage Transient Protection, ±6 kV Line to Gnd, ±3kV Line to Line, IK10 (IEC 62262:2002), IP67 (IEC 60529-2013)