Hikvision 6 MP ColorVu 3.0 Bullet Network Camera DS-2CD1067G3-LIUF/SL

The DS-2CD1067G3-LIUF/SL sits at the top of Hikvision’s 1-Series bullet range: 6 MP, ColorVu 3.0 for colour images after dark, and the /SL suffix, meaning the camera answers a detection with a strobe and an audible alarm rather than quietly logging it. It is the line you reach for when the client wants the boundary to react at two in the morning, not reviewed a week later.

It is also the point where climbing the range stops paying you back, worth saying before anyone multiplies it by forty. Resolution converts into identification only while the rest of the chain keeps up: light on the subject, a lens angle putting a face across a usable slice of frame, a mounting height not staring at the tops of heads. Past that, the extra pixels record the same blur in finer detail.

Where it fits

Three situations make this the right choice. Wide unlit scenes that must stay in colour — a compound wall, a yard, a dealership forecourt — where the evidence that matters is the colour of a jacket or a vehicle. Sites where the point is prevention, not prosecution: the strobe and siren interrupt an intrusion while it is still trespass. And wide views where 6 MP buys scene width, one camera covering a frontage that would take two.

Buy the extra megapixels for the width of the scene, not for the distance to the face — beyond a certain range it is the light, not the sensor, that decides whether your footage is evidence or just a recording.

Where a cheaper 4 MP performs identically: tight scenes. A doorway, a gate covered from a few metres, a till point. At those distances 4 MP already puts more pixels on a face than any identification standard asks for. The same holds when the target sits beyond the supplement light with nothing behind it — the limit is the noise floor, not the pixel count. And if retention forces reduced frame rate, a 4 MP recorded properly beats a 6 MP recorded badly.

Before you order — three things to confirm

• Lens and coverage. Check the lens option on your order line against the width you need at the working distance. It cannot be corrected once the camera is on the pole.
• Who answers the alarm. The /SL strobe and audible alarm are only an asset if something responds. Confirm the arming schedule, and that a siren at night suits that boundary — residential neighbours are where it draws complaints.
• Recorder headroom. Confirm the NVR takes this channel at full resolution alongside everything already on it and still meets the retention period. Older recorders are the usual constraint, not the camera.

Technical specifications

• Manufacturer: Hikvision
• Model: DS-2CD1067G3-LIUF/SL
• Image Sensor: 1/2.4″ Progressive Scan CMOS
• Max. Resolution: 3200 × 1800
• Min. Illumination: Color: 0.0005 Lux @ (F1.0, AGC ON),0 Lux with light
• Shutter Time: 1 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 109°, vertical FOV 60°, diagonal FOV 130°; 4 mm, horizontal FOV 89°, vertical FOV 49°, diagonal FOV 105°
• Lens Mount: M12
• Iris Type: Fixed
• Aperture: F1.0
• Depth of Field: 2.8 mm: 1.9 m to ∞; 4 mm: 2.4 m to ∞
• 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 (3200 × 1800, 2688 × 1520, 1920 × 1080, 1280 × 720); 60 Hz: 20 fps (3200 × 1800, 2688 × 1520, 1920 × 1080, 1280 × 720)
• Sub-Stream: 50 Hz: 20 fps (1280 × 720, 640 × 480, 640 × 360); 60 Hz: 20 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 16 Mbps
• Bit Rate Control: CBR, VBR
• Scalable Video Coding (SVC): H.264 and H.265 encoding
• Region of Interest (ROI): 1 fixed region for main stream and sub-stream
• Audio Type: Mono sound
• Audio Compression: G.711/G.722.1/G.726/MP2L2/PCM/MP3/AAC-LC
• Audio Bit Rate: 64 Kbps (G.711)/16 Kbps (G.722.1)/16 Kbps (G.726)/32 to 160 Kbps (MP2L2)/16 to 64 Kbps (AAC-LC)
• Audio Sampling Rate: 8 kHz/16 kHz
• Environment Noise Filtering: Yes
• Simultaneous Live View: Up to 6 channels

Figures from Hikvision’s published datasheet for this model family — any value that can differ between variants is confirmed against your exact ordering code. We confirm the revision in stock when we quote.

Compatibility

A Hikvision network camera, it sits on Hikvision NVRs and is managed through Hikvision’s own software and mobile platform. On an existing installation, confirm the recorder model and firmware with us first: older recorders do not always expose a newer camera’s deterrence behaviour.

What’s in the box

We do not list mounting hardware, power supplies or cabling as included. Box contents vary by revision, so contents for the current revision are confirmed on the order.

Common questions

Will 6 MP identify faces further down the driveway than 4 MP would?
Only while the light holds. In daylight, or a lit scene at night, the extra resolution genuinely extends the range at which a face is identifiable. Unlit, both run out of light at the same point.

Does the strobe and siren need a separate alarm box?
No — the /SL deterrence is built into the camera. What needs planning is the trigger logic and schedule: what fires it, at what hours, and whether the camera or the recorder owns the rule.

Can I mix this with 4 MP cameras on the same recorder?
Yes, and on most sites that is the sensible specification: 6 MP on open approaches, 4 MP on doors and gates. Check total channel capacity first.

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