Hikvision 4 MP Smart Hybrid Light Bullet Network Camera DS-2CD1043G2-LIU

The DS-2CD1043G2-LIU is the camera you buy thirty of, not one of. It sits in Hikvision’s 1-Series as a fixed bullet at 4 MP, and its job on a tender is to be the default line item — the unit covering the fence run, the yard, the car park and the flank of the building without anybody specifying each position one by one.

The LIU suffix separates it from the plainer bullets in the family: Smart Hybrid Light, meaning it runs infrared while a scene is quiet and switches to white light when colour detail matters. That is why it works as a standard model: the same part number sits over a dark rear fence and a lit forecourt and is right in both.

Where it fits

The commercial value here is not the unit price. It is what happens when every external position on the drawing carries one model number. One spare on the van covers any failure on site. One mounting method, one bracket decision, one drilling pattern. One configuration profile you set once and push to the rest, so camera four looks like camera twenty-nine.

Mixed catalogues are where installer margin quietly disappears. Buying the cheapest adequate camera per position looks sharp on the quotation and costs you three site visits, two brackets that did not fit and a commissioning day chasing why half the images look different. A schedule built on one model number beats a schedule built on the keenest line price for every position — and beats it again at year three, when something fails and you replace it from stock instead of redesigning around a discontinued line.

4 MP is the resolution that makes the argument work, because nobody on a project argues about it. It clears the identification threshold 2 MP struggles with, without pushing storage and licensing the way higher counts do once you multiply by thirty channels.

Before you order — three things to confirm

• Lens variant. Fixed-lens bullets in this family come in more than one focal option, and field of view is decided at the order, not on site. Fix one option across the schedule and confirm the code on the datasheet before committing to quantity.
• White light policy. Decide site-wide, in advance, whether white light is acceptable — residential neighbours, night staff and glazed frontages all change the answer. Agree it once, configure it once, not per camera after handover.
• Recorder and network headroom. Confirm the recorder has free channels, and the switch free ports and a powering method, for the full count plus the spares you intend to hold.

Technical specifications

• Manufacturer: Hikvision
• Model: DS-2CD1043G2-LIU
• Image Sensor: 1/3″ Progressive Scan CMOS
• Max. Resolution: 2560 × 1440
• Min. Illumination: Color: 0.005 Lux @ (F1.6, AGC ON), B/W: 0 Lux with IR
• Shutter Time: 1/3 s to 1/100,000 s
• Day & Night: IR cut filter
• Angle Adjustment: Pan: 0° to 360°, tilt: 0° to 90°, rotate: 0° to 360°
• Lens Type: Fixed focal lens, 2.8 and 4 mm optional
• Focal Length & FOV: 2.8 mm, horizontal FOV 98°, vertical FOV 54°, diagonal FOV 114°; 4 mm, horizontal FOV 78°, vertical FOV 42°, diagonal FOV 93°
• Lens Mount: M12
• Iris Type: Fixed
• Aperture: F1.6
• Supplement Light Type: IR, White Light
• Supplement Light Range: Up to 30 m
• Smart Supplement Light: Yes
• IR Wavelength: 850 nm
• Main Stream: 50 Hz: 20 fps (2560 × 1440); 25 fps (1920 × 1080, 1280 × 720); 60 Hz: 20 fps (2560 × 1440); 24 fps (1920 × 1080, 1280 × 720)
• Sub-Stream: 50 Hz: 25 fps (1280 × 720, 640 × 480, 640 × 360); 60 Hz: 24 fps (1280 × 720, 640 × 480, 640 × 360)
• Video Compression: Main stream: H.265+/H.265/H.264+/H.264,; Sub-stream: H.265/H.264/MJPEG
• Video Bit Rate: 32 Kbps to 8 Mbps
• Bit Rate Control: CBR, VBR
• Region of Interest (ROI): 1 fixed region for main stream
• Audio Type: Mono sound
• Environment Noise Filtering: Yes
• Audio Sampling Rate: 8 kHz/16 kHz
• Audio Compression: G.711ulaw/G.711alaw/G.722.1/G.726/MP2L2/PCM/AAC-LC
• Audio Bit Rate: 64 Kbps (G.711 ulaw)/64 Kbps (G.711 alaw)/16 Kbps (G.722.1)/16 Kbps (G.726)/32 to 160 Kbps (MP2L2)/16 to 64 Kbps (AAC-LC)
• Simultaneous Live View: Up to 6 channels
• Ethernet Interface: 1 RJ45 10 M/100 M self-adaptive Ethernet port
• On-Board Storage: -F: Built-in memory card slot, support microSD/microSDHC/microSDXC card, up to 512 GB

Figures from Hikvision’s published datasheet. We confirm the revision in stock when we quote.

Compatibility

It is intended to record to Hikvision NVRs and be managed through Hikvision’s own client and mobile software. If you are extending an existing system, confirm recorder generation and firmware level against the camera revision before ordering in bulk.

What’s in the box

We do not claim any bracket, power supply, mounting box, cable or memory card is supplied. Carton contents for the current manufacturing revision are confirmed against your order, so plan mounting hardware and power as separate lines.

Common questions

Can I mix this with the 2 MP version of the same body on one site?
You can, but you lose the point of standardising: two configuration profiles, two sets of storage assumptions, two spares to carry. If budget forces a split, split by building or by phase, not camera by camera.

Can I leave it on infrared and never trigger the white light?
Supplement light behaviour is configurable, so one policy applies across the estate. Confirm the exact modes on the datasheet for the revision you are buying before promising a client the light will never come on.

If I standardise thirty positions on this model, can I still buy it in two years?
That is the right question, and no supplier controls a manufacturer’s roadmap. What we can do is tell you what stock and lead times look like before you commit, and flag any change to the line. Call before a large rollout, not after.

Genuine Hikvision from the authorized Hikvision agent in Egypt, official manufacturer warranty of 1 to 5 years depending on the product, delivery across Egypt, and professional installation in Cairo & Giza, priced after a site assessment. For project quantities, installation or a site review, call 16454.