Dahua 42C212TNI Pro-Series 2MP 12x Starlight In-Ceiling PTZ Camera, 5.3-64mm Varifocal Lens

The 2 MP Starlight In-ceiling PTZ Dome camera features a 1/2.8-in. STARVIS™ CMOS imager with a 12x optical zoom lens, and provides an all in one solution for capturing long-distance video surveillance for indoor applications. The camera uses the H.265 video compression standard to improve encoding efficiency while preserving high-quality video. The PTZ camera is equipped with quick and accurate pan/tilt/zoom control and True WDR for applications with glare.

Functions

Starlight Technology

For challenging low-light applications, Dahua's Starlight Ultra-low Light Technology offers best-in-class light sensitivity, capturing color details in low light down to 0.005 lux. The camera uses a set of optical features to balance light throughout the scene, resulting in clear images in dark environments.

Intelligent Video System

IVS is a built-in video analytic algorithm that delivers intelligent functions to monitor a scene for Tripwire violations, intrusion detection, and abandoned or missing objects. A camera with IVS quickly and accurately responds to monitoring events in a specific area. In addition to scene analytics, the camera supports face detection to quickly capture a face and upload the image to a server. The camera also offers tamper detection by recognizing a dramatic scene change and generating a warning message to inspect the camera.

Wide Dynamic Range

The camera achieves vivid images, even in the most intense contrast lighting conditions, using industry-leading wide dynamic range (WDR) technology. For applications with both bright and low lighting conditions that change quickly, True WDR (120 dB) optimizes both the bright and dark areas of a scene at the same time to provide usable video.

High Efficiency Video Coding (H.265)

The H.265 (ITU-T VCEG) video compression standard offers double the data compression ratio at the same level of video quality, or substantially improved video quality at the same bit rate, as compared to older video compression technologies. H.265 offers such impressive compression by expanding the pattern comparison and difference-coding, improving motion vector prediction and motion region merging, and incorporating an additional filtering step called sample-adaptive offset filtering.

Interoperability

The camera conforms to the ONVIF (Open Network Video Interface Forum) and to the PSIA (Physical Security Interoperability Alliance) specifications, ensuring interoperability between network video products regardless of manufacturer.

Environmental

With a temperature range of -30 °C to +60 °C (-22 °F to 140 °F), the camera is designed for extreme temperature environments. The camera complies with an IK10 vandal resistance rating making it capable of withstanding the equivalent of 5 kg (11.02 lbs) of force dropped from a height of 40 cm (15.75 in.).

Protection

This camera suits even the harsh conditions for outdoor applications. Its 2KV lightning rating provides protection against the camera and its structure from the effects of lightning.