Hikvision 8 MP Smart Hybrid Light Bullet Network Camera DS-2CD1083G2-LIU

The LIU at the end of DS-2CD1083G2-LIU is the part worth reading. It marks the Smart Hybrid Light version of Hikvision’s 1-Series 8 MP bullet: one fixed camera carrying two kinds of supplement light, infrared for the ordinary hours of the night and white light for the moments the camera decides colour is worth having. You are not choosing between a mono IR camera and a full ColorVu unit — you are buying the honest middle.

That middle position is the whole specification argument. A pure IR camera gives you a grey shape in a doorway. A full ColorVu unit gives you colour all night and a lit facade all night with it. Hybrid light gives you a monochrome image cheaply most of the night, and colour on the events that matter — the clothing, the car, the bag. For an integrator working to a budget, that is worth placing at two or three positions on a schedule rather than everywhere.

Where it fits

Specify this camera where night-time colour has evidential value and nowhere else. A cash-handling door, a loading bay where goods leave after dark, a gate where vehicles are identified, the one approach an insurer or a court will ask about. The rest of the perimeter can stay on plain IR and you will not miss anything.

Then do the arithmetic before you promise a retention period. 8 MP is four times the pixel count of a 2 MP camera, and an 8 MP schedule quietly becomes a storage and bandwidth project — that conversation belongs before the NVR is quoted, not after the client asks why the recording only goes back nine days.

One more thing that belongs in the site survey rather than the datasheet: the white light is visible to the person standing in it. On a yard or a commercial rear entrance that visibility is a deterrent and clients like it. In a residential lobby, a stairwell, or anything pointing at a neighbour’s window or balcony, that same light is a complaint waiting to be filed. Walk the position at night before you commit to it.

Before you order — three things to confirm

• The recorder side: channel count, total incoming bitrate and the storage you actually have, calculated at 8 MP rather than at whatever the site runs today.
• The lens variant and mounting position — fixed-lens cameras have to be right on the first visit, so agree the field of view with the client on site.
• Whether white light is acceptable at that specific position, for the neighbours as well as the client.

Technical specifications

• Manufacturer: Hikvision
• Model: DS-2CD1083G2-LIU
• Image Sensor: 1/2.7″ Progressive Scan CMOS
• Max. Resolution: 3840 × 2160
• Min. Illumination: Color: 0.01 Lux @ (F2.0, 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 113°, vertical FOV 62°, diagonal FOV 134°; 4 mm, horizontal FOV 90°, vertical FOV 49°, diagonal FOV 108°
• Lens Mount: M12
• Iris Type: Fixed
• Aperture: F2.0
• 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: 12.5 fps (3840 × 2160, 3200 × 1800, 2688 × 1520, 1920 × 1080, 1280 × 720); 60 Hz: 15 fps (3840 × 2160, 3200 × 1800, 2688 × 1520, 1920 × 1080, 1280 × 720)
• Sub-Stream: 50 Hz: 12.5 fps (1280 × 720, 640 × 480, 640 × 360); 60 Hz: 15 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
• Region of Interest (ROI): 1 fixed region for main stream
• Scalable Video Coding (SVC): H.264 and H.265 encoding
• 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.711ulaw/G.711alaw)/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

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

Compatibility

This is a Hikvision network camera and is intended to be recorded on a Hikvision NVR and managed through Hikvision’s own client software. Before mixing it into an existing installation — an older recorder, a third-party VMS, or a switch already carrying its full PoE budget — confirm supported firmware and power figures against the manufacturer datasheet. Our team will check the combination against your equipment list: call 16454.

What’s in the box

• 1 × Hikvision DS-2CD1083G2-LIU fixed bullet network camera
• Mounting hardware and documentation as supplied by the manufacturer

Common questions

Does it record in colour at night?
Sometimes, by design. Smart Hybrid Light uses infrared for routine night coverage and switches to white light — and therefore colour — when the scene calls for it. It is not a full-time colour camera, and it is not meant to be.

Can I run a whole site on this model?
You can, but it is rarely the right call. At 8 MP the storage and bandwidth cost multiplies with every channel, and the white light is intrusive in some positions. Two or three well-chosen units usually beat a full schedule.

Do you supply project quantities?
Yes. This is a wholesale and projects channel — tell us the channel count and the recorder you are pairing it with and we will price the camera, the NVR and the storage together on 16454.

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.