Hikvisions DarkFighter technology enable these cameras to stay in colour mode for longer than some of their other counterparts. This allows for clearer surveillance for longer and a greater chance of picking up on intruders clothing colours, shoe types etc.

Vandal dome cameras are most ideal for mounting lower down within arm’s reach as they cannot be tampered with and moved in a different direction. This is their main advantage over the other types of cameras and allows for a failsafe security solution in lower down areas of the property. The most common spot for vandal domes is in offices, by porches, and under car ports for example.

Because they’re generally mounted lower down a 2.8 mm lens is ideal as it will provide a nice wide field of view of the surrounding area such as your front drive.

Hikvision DS-2CD2165G0-I 6MP fixed lens dome camera with IR.

• 6MP high resolution
• 2.8 & 4 mm fixed lens
• Powered by Darkfighter for Ultra Low Light
• Triple stream
• 3 axis mount
• Up to 30m IR distance
• H.265+ compression
• 4 analytics
• 120dB wide dynamic range
• Supports on board storage (up to 128GB)
• Vandal resistant up to IK10
• 12V DC & PoE (802.3af)

IP cameras run power over ethernet (POE) technology; this allows for both power and data to run down a single cable.

This Hikvision camera uses the ONVIF protocol which allows it to be used with third party NVRs that also use the ONVIF protocols. There is no guarantee that these cameras will work on a recorder without the ONVIF protocol.