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Hikvision EasyIP 2.0 Cameras
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Release date: 2015
Resolutions: 2MP and 4MP
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The Hikvision EasyIP 2.0 family (originally known as the R6/2 line family) was released in 2015.____________________________________________________________________
Release date: 2015
Resolutions: 2MP and 4MP
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It is made up of a range of 2MP and 4MP cameras.
This family superseded the EasyIP 1.0 Family and was the most popular family until the release of the EasyIP 3.0 cameras in 2017.
In this thread you'll be able to find:
- The key features of this family
- Links to the product pages in our web shop
- Where to find the most up to date firmware for your camera
- Range of focal lengths
- Available in a variety of fixed lenses; 2.8mm, 4mm, 6mm, 12mm - If you would like to see these focal lengths in action then please take a look at our post showing focal length differences
- Vari-focal and motorised zoom options are also available
- If you need help selecting a focal length then please see our tutorial on selecting the correct lens
- H.264+ video compression
- efficiently compresses footage without affecting quality
- EXIR LEDs
- EXIR (EXtended InfraRed) LEDs
- No IR reflection or bleeding
- Better IR coverage
- Less heat and problems with insects or spiders
- Take a look at our post explaining exactly what an EXIR camera is for more information
- SD Card slot (selected models)
- Models with an F at the end of their product code have an SD card slot.
- For example -
- DS-2CD2142FWD-I = Micro SD card slot
- DS-2CD2342WD-I = No micro SD card slot
- Audio (selected models)
- Some cameras are available with
- Two-way audio
- Audio I/O
- Some cameras are available with
- IP66 rated weatherproof housing (Selected models)
- IP66 = Able to protect against powerful water jets
- For more information please see our video on Understanding IP & IK Ratings
- IK10 rated vandal resistant housing (Selected models)
- IK10 = resists 20 joules of impact energy
- Dual streams
- Main stream/sub stream
- Offers flexibility with bandwidth without sacrificing video quality
- Behaviour Analysis (selected models)
- Line crossing detection
- Intrusion detection
- Dynamic analysis
- Alarm triggers
- Motion detection
- Video tampering
- network disconnect
- IP address conflict
- Storage exception
- PoE or power supply
- Every camera has the option to be powered by either PoE or a 12VDC PSU
- PoE offers a simple solution which allows power and data to be carried down one network cable
- Wide Dynamic Range
- With the previous EasyIP 1.0 family only selected models used wide dynamic range
- Wide dynamic range improves image quality by balancing the lighting in an image where there may be contrasting areas of intense dark and light
- For more information please watch our informative video about Wide Dynamic Range and other datasheet terms.
- 3 Axis adjustment (selected models)
- Allows cameras to be adjusted in a variety of ways
- Makes it easy to cover any area of interest
- Cameras can be mounted without wall mount arms where this may not have been possible before
- Mounting options
- A variety of mounting options available -
- Wall mount arms
- Junction boxes
- Inclined mounts
- Pole mounts
- Corner mounts
- Black and grey options
- Black and grey variants of selected cameras are now available
- Please see our thread about which black and grey Hikvision cameras are available
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Dome
2MP - DS-2CD2122FWD-I
4MP - DS-2CD2142FWD-I/DS-2CD2142FWD-IS/DS-2CD2142FWD-IWS
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Mini Dome
2MP - DS-2CD2522FWD-I
4MP - DS-2CD2542FWD-I/DS-2CD2542FWD-IS
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Varifocal Dome
2MP - DS-2CD2722FWD-I/DS-2CD2722FWD-IS/DS-2CD2722FWD-IZS
4MP - DS-2CD2742FWD-I/DS-2CD2742FWD-IS/DS-2CD2742FWD-IZS
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Turret
2MP - DS-2CD2322WD-I
4MP - DS-2CD2342WD-I
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Mini Bullet
2MP - DS-2CD2022WD-I/DS-2CD2022F-IW/DS-2CD2022F-I
4MP - DS-2CD2042WD-I
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2T EXIR Bullet
4MP (I5) - DS-2CD2T42WD-I5
4MP (I8) - DS-2CD2T42WD-I8
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Varifocal Bullet
2MP - DS-2CD2622FWD-I/DS-2CD2622FWD-IS/DS-2CD2622FWD-IZS
4MP - DS-2CD2642FWD-I/DS-2CD2642FWD-IS/DS-2CD2642FWD-IZS
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Indoor Cube
4MP - DS-2CD2442FWD-IW
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Finding Firmware
These EasyIP 2.0 cameras use the R6 Platform firmware.
To find the latest firmware for your camera please see our thread on finding the latest Hikvision firmware for your camera.
If you have any questions, please let us know
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