Product comparison · 2 security cameras

Dahua Technology Ultra IPC-HFW7842H-Z security camera Bullet IP security camera Outdoor vs Dahua Technology SD49218DB-HC Dome IP security camera Outdoor

73specifications compared
43differ
30identical
100known for one product only

Key differences

The Dahua Technology SD49218DB-HC Dome IP security camera Outdoor has 0.002 lx more minimum illumination than the Dahua Technology Ultra IPC-HFW7842H-Z security camera Bullet IP security camera Outdoor (0.005 lx vs 0.003 lx). The Dahua Technology Ultra IPC-HFW7842H-Z security camera Bullet IP security camera Outdoor has 180° more angle of rotation than the Dahua Technology SD49218DB-HC Dome IP security camera Outdoor (360° vs 180°). The Dahua Technology Ultra IPC-HFW7842H-Z security camera Bullet IP security camera Outdoor has 53.4° more lens viewing angle, horizontal than the Dahua Technology SD49218DB-HC Dome IP security camera Outdoor (114° vs 60.6°). Only the Dahua Technology Ultra IPC-HFW7842H-Z security camera Bullet IP security camera Outdoor has digital Wide Dynamic Range (DWDR). Form factor: Bullet on the Dahua Technology Ultra IPC-HFW7842H-Z security camera Bullet IP security camera Outdoor, Dome on the Dahua Technology SD49218DB-HC Dome IP security camera Outdoor.

Form factor
- Ultra IPC-HFW7842H-Z security camera Bullet IP security camera Outdoor:Bullet
- SD49218DB-HC Dome IP security camera Outdoor:Dome
Housing material
- Ultra IPC-HFW7842H-Z security camera Bullet IP security camera Outdoor:Metal, Plastic
- SD49218DB-HC Dome IP security camera Outdoor:Metal
International Protection (IP) code
- Ultra IPC-HFW7842H-Z security camera Bullet IP security camera Outdoor:IP67
- SD49218DB-HC Dome IP security camera Outdoor:IP66
Minimum illumination
- Ultra IPC-HFW7842H-Z security camera Bullet IP security camera Outdoor:0.003 lx
- SD49218DB-HC Dome IP security camera Outdoor:0.005 lx
Angle of rotation
- Ultra IPC-HFW7842H-Z security camera Bullet IP security camera Outdoor:360°
- SD49218DB-HC Dome IP security camera Outdoor:180°
Lens viewing angle, horizontal
- Ultra IPC-HFW7842H-Z security camera Bullet IP security camera Outdoor:114°
- SD49218DB-HC Dome IP security camera Outdoor:60.6°
Lens viewing angle, vertical
- Ultra IPC-HFW7842H-Z security camera Bullet IP security camera Outdoor:59°
- SD49218DB-HC Dome IP security camera Outdoor:34.1°
Lens viewing angle, diagonal
- Ultra IPC-HFW7842H-Z security camera Bullet IP security camera Outdoor:141°
- SD49218DB-HC Dome IP security camera Outdoor:69.4°

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Comparison of IPC-HFW7842H-Z, SD49218DB-HC
173 specifications	A Dahua Technology Ultra IPC-HFW7842H-Z security camera Bullet IP security camera Outdoor Model IPC-HFW7842H-Z View product	B Dahua Technology SD49218DB-HC Dome IP security camera Outdoor Model SD49218DB-HC View product
Performance1 differ
Type	IP security camera	IP security camera
Placement supported	Outdoor	Outdoor
Connectivity technology	Wired	Wired
PTZ controlKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
PTZ modesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4 Pattern, 8 Tour, 5 Pattern, 5 Scan
PTZ protocolsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	DH-SD, Pelco-P/D
Preset pointsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Maximum operating distanceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	100 m
Wide Dynamic Range (WDR)	Yes	Yes
Day/night mode	Yes	Yes
Alarm input/output	Yes	Yes
Light exposure modesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Auto, Manual, Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, IRIS priority AE
CertificationDiffers	E-LVD: EN60950-1 CE-EMC: Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 2014/30/EU FCC: 47 CFR FCC Part 15, Subpart B UL/CUL: UL60950-1 CAN/CSA C22.2 No.60950-1-07	CE: EN55032/EN55024/EN50130-4 FCC: Part15 subpart B, ANSI C63.4-2014 UL: UL60950-1+CAN/CSA C22.2, No.60950-1
Remote viewingKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Plug and PlayKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Design3 differ
Form factorDiffers	Bullet	Dome
Housing materialDiffers	Metal, Plastic	Metal
Protection featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Weatherproof
International Protection (IP) codeDiffers	IP67	IP66
Weatherproof	Yes	Yes
Mounting typeKnown for one	Ceiling/wall	Unknown — not stated by the source
Product colourKnown for one	Black, White	Unknown — not stated by the source
IK codeKnown for one	IK10	Unknown — not stated by the source
Fog proofKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Camera8 differ
Camera pan control	Yes	Yes
Camera tilt control	Yes	Yes
Minimum illuminationDiffers	0.003 lx	0.005 lx
Tilt control typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Electric
Field of view (FOV) angleKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	69.4°
Angle of rotationDiffers	360°	180°
Lens viewing angle, horizontalDiffers	114°	60.6°
Lens viewing angle, verticalDiffers	59°	34.1°
Lens viewing angle, diagonalDiffers	141°	69.4°
Tilt angle rangeDiffers	0 - 90°	-15 - 90°
Tilt manual speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.1 - 120 °/sec
Tilt preset speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	200 °/sec
Tilt speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	120 °/sec
Pan range	0 - 360°	0 - 360°
Pan manual speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.1 - 200 °/sec
Pan preset speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	240 °/sec
Pan speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	200 °/sec
Auto flip	Yes	Yes
White balanceDiffers	Auto, Custom modes, Manual, Natural, Outdoor	Auto, Manual, Indoor, Outdoor, Sodium lamp, Natural, Street lamp
Camera shutter typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Electronic
Camera shutter speedDiffers	1/3 - 1/100000 s	1/3 - 1/30000 s
Adjustment shutter speedKnown for one	Auto/Manual	Unknown — not stated by the source
Image sensor2 differ
Sensor type	CMOS	CMOS
Number of sensors	1	1
Optical sensor sizeDiffers	25.4 / 1.8 mm (1 / 1.8")	25.4 / 2.8 mm (1 / 2.8")
Effective sensor resolutionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2 pixels
Progressive scan	Yes	Yes
Number of effective pixels (H x V)Differs	3840 x 2160 pixels	1920 x 1080 pixels
Panoramic cameraidentical
Sensor type (panoramic camera)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	CMOS
Lens system12 differ
Number of lenses	1	1
Zoom capabilityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Optical zoomKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	18x
Digital zoomKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16x
Detect distanceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1241.4 m
Observe distanceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	490.3 m
Recognize distanceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	248.3 m
Lens diameterKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16 cm
Focal length rangeDiffers	2.7 - 12 mm	5-90 mm
Auto focusKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
FocusKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Motorized
Identify distanceDiffers	18.6 m	124.1 m
Maximum aperture numberDiffers	1.2	2.9
Minimum aperture numberKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.6
Closest focusing distanceDiffers	1 m	0.1 m
Detect distance (tele)Differs	186.7 m	490.3 m
Detect distance (wide)Differs	87.2 m	1241.4 m
Identify distance (tele)Differs	18.6 m	124.1 m
Identify distance (wide)Differs	8.7 m	124.1 m
Normal focusing rangeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.1 - 1.5 m
Observe distance (tele)Differs	74.7 m	490.3 m
Observe distance (wide)Differs	34.9 m	1241.4 m
Recognize distance (tele)Differs	37.3 m	248.3 m
Recognize distance (wide)Differs	17.4 m	248.3 m
Night vision2 differ
Night vision	Yes	Yes
Night vision distanceDiffers	60 m	100 m
B/W night vision distanceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	100 m
LED type	IR	IR
Number of illumination LEDsDiffers	4	6
Infra-red wavelengthKnown for one	850 nm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Video6 differ
Maximum resolutionDiffers	3840 x 2160 pixels	1920 x 1080 pixels
Total megapixelsDiffers	8 MP	2 MP
Supported graphics resolutionsDiffers	352 x 240, 352 x 288, 640 x 480 (VGA), 704 x 480, 704 x 576, 1280 x 720 (HD 720), 1280 x 960, 1920 x 1080 (HD 1080), 2048 x 1536 (QXGA), 2304 x 1296, 2592 x 1944, 2688 x 1520, 3072 x 1728, 3072 x 2048, 3840 x 2160	1200 x 1920
Supported video modesDiffers	720p, 1080p	1080p, 720p
Frame rate	30 fps	30 fps
NTSC resolutionsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1920 x 1080 \| 704 x 576 \| 704 x 480
PAL resolutionsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1920 x 1080 \| 1280 x 720
Noise reduction	Yes	Yes
Noise reduction technologyDiffers	3D noise reduction	2D noise reduction, 3D noise reduction
Gain control type	Auto/Manual	Auto/Manual
Back Light Compensation (BLC)	Yes	Yes
Digital Wide Dynamic Range (DWDR)Differs	Yes	No
Highlight Compensation (HLC)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Image quality adjustmentKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Automatic gain control (AGC), White balance
Video formats supportedKnown for one	H.264, H.265, M-JPEG	Unknown — not stated by the source
Video compression formatsKnown for one	H.264, H.265, M-JPEG	Unknown — not stated by the source
Video intelligence analyticKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Video streamingKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Image stabilizerKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bit rateKnown for one	12 - 16384 kbps	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bit rate controlKnown for one	Constant Bit Rate (CBR)/Variable Bit Rate (VBR)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Flip & mirrorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Portrait modeKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Privacy maskingKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Region of Interest (ROI) encodingKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Smart IRKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Time stamp overlayKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Audioidentical
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	50 dB
Audio input channelsKnown for one	1.0 channels	Unknown — not stated by the source
Audio output channelsKnown for one	1.0 channels	Unknown — not stated by the source
Voice codecsKnown for one	G.711Mu, G.711a, G.723, G.726	Unknown — not stated by the source
Networkidentical
Ethernet LAN	Yes	Yes
Wi-Fi	No	No
Bluetooth	No	No
Ethernet interface typeKnown for one	Gigabit Ethernet	Unknown — not stated by the source
Supported network protocolsKnown for one	HTTP; Https; 8021.x; TCP; ARP; RTSP; RTP; UDP; RTCP; SMTP; FTP; DHCP; DNS; DDNS; PPPoE; IPv4/v6; SNMP; QoS; UPnP; NTP; SFTP; RTMP; Genetec;Bonjour	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of usersKnown for one	20 user(s)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Quality of Service (QoS) supportKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Streaming methodKnown for one	Multicast	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage2 differ
Built-in HDD	No	No
Internal memoryDiffers	2000 MB	128 MB
ROM capacityDiffers	4000 MB	128 MB
RAM capacityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	256 MB
Card reader integratedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible memory cardsKnown for one	MicroSD (TransFlash)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum memory card sizeKnown for one	256 GB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfacesidentical
RS-485 ports	1	1
Composite video outKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
BNC output portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Microphone inKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Terminal block portKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Securityidentical
Alarm input channelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Alarm output channelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Detection distanceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1241.4 m
Digital watermarkKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Privacy protection	Yes	Yes
Password protectionKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Active tampering alarmKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Alert notification typeKnown for one	Snapshot alert message	Unknown — not stated by the source
Anti-flickerKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
HeartbeatKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Intelligent Video Surveillance (IVS) system featuresKnown for one	Abandoned object, Intrusion, Missing object, People counting, Scene change, Tripwire	Unknown — not stated by the source
MirrorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Motion sensorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Video motion detectionKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Management featuresidentical
Cloud-managedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Remotely operated	Yes	Yes
Web-based managementKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Web browserKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Behavior analysisKnown for one	Intrusion detection, Line crossing detection, Object removal detection, Unattended baggage detection	Unknown — not stated by the source
Firmware upgradeableKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power1 differ
Power source type	DC	DC
AC input voltageKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	12 V
Power consumption (typical)Differs	17.3 W	10 W
Power consumption (max)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	22 W
DC output voltageKnown for one	12, 24	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	-40 - 60 °C	-40 - 70 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-40 - 60 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	5 - 95%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	92.9 mm	269.9 mm
DepthDiffers	340.1 mm	160 mm
HeightDiffers	92.9 mm	269.9 mm
DiameterKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16 cm
WeightDiffers	1.6 kg	3 kg
Weight (with stand)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3 kg
Packaging data1 differ
Package weightDiffers	2.4 kg	4.2 kg
Packaging contentidentical
Number of cameras	1	1
Technical detailsidentical
MountingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	PTZ
Preferred mounting positionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Wall

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