



IPC6828EL-X42-W-VH1
A classic 8MP PTZ dome camera built for long-range patrol: 42× optical zoom (6.0-252mm) reaches deep into the scene, LightHunter low-light technology keeps color detail after dark, and auto tracking locks onto people and vehicles automatically — with a wiper and -40 to 70 °C housing for outdoor poles.
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Need the PDF datasheet? Get it on WhatsApp →The IPC6828EL-X42-W-VH1 is an 8MP (3840×2160) PTZ dome camera with a 42× optical zoom lens (6.0-252mm, 16× digital zoom) and LightHunter low-light imaging (0.0005 Lux color, 0 Lux with IR). Auto tracking classifies and follows human, non-motor and motor-vehicle targets; smart intrusion prevention covers cross-line, intrusion, area-enter and area-leave detection with false-alarm classification filtering, and people-flow counting with crowd-density monitoring runs alongside. Pan is continuous 360° endless rotation, tilt runs -15° to 90° with auto flip, and the unit stores 1024 presets with 16 preset/route/recorded patrols. IR illumination reaches 500 m at 850 nm, gyroscope stabilization (EIS) steadies the image, and a wiper plus heater support the IP67 housing across a -40 °C to 70 °C working range.
Is this the right camera for you?
Plain-language guide for buyers and installers — based only on what this camera actually does.
- No PoE listed on the datasheet — power is AC 24 V±25%, DC 24 V±25% or PoE (IEEE 802.3bt). If you plan a PoE-only run, confirm 802.3bt (PoE++) switch/injector support and max. 67 W budget before ordering.
- 6.9 kg, Ø226.7 mm × 440.3 mm: this is a full-size PTZ dome, not a light mini-PTZ — plan a mounting bracket and pole rated for the weight (bracket options listed below).
- The datasheet lists IR illumination only (850 nm, 500 m) — no separate laser or warm-light distance figure is given, despite the product name. If a confirmed laser-illuminator distance is required for your spec sheet, check with us before quoting.
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Key Features
Complete list from the official datasheet.
How far can it see? (DORI Distance)
DORI (EN 62676-4) is the industry standard for what a camera can do at distance. Values shown are at full 42× telephoto zoom, from the official datasheet.
How wide a view at each distance
Scene width covered at typical mounting distances — the number you need to work out how many cameras a wall, yard or aisle takes.
| Distance | 58.0° wide | 2.1° tele |
|---|---|---|
| 5 m16 ft | 5.5 m18.2 ft | 0.2 m0.6 ft |
| 10 m33 ft | 11.1 m36.3 ft | 0.4 m1.2 ft |
| 15 m49 ft | 16.6 m54.5 ft | 0.6 m1.8 ft |
| 20 m66 ft | 22.2 m72.7 ft | 0.8 m2.5 ft |
| 30 m98 ft | 33.2 m109 ft | 1.1 m3.7 ft |
Calculated from the horizontal field of view in the specifications below: width = 2 × distance × tan(FOV ÷ 2). Lens distortion and mounting angle are not included.
Who uses it, where it goes and how to install it
Written for the IPC6828EL-X42-W-VH1 from its own datasheet: 8 MP (3840×2160) at 30 fps, 42x optical zoom (6.0–252 mm), 850 nm illumination up to 500 m, auto-tracking, wiper and gyroscope EIS, IP67, AC/DC 24 V or PoE IEEE 802.3bt (max. 67 W).
Who it is for
- Wide scenes that need detail at the wide end — 3840 pixels across a 57.96° view give about 69 pixels per metre at 50 m even without zooming, against about 47 for the 4 MP IPC6824EL-X42-W-VH1, so the overview itself is more useful as evidence.
- Plant boundaries, highways and ports — 42x zoom (6.0–252 mm) identifies a person up to 333.1 m in daylight; smart intrusion prevention with human/vehicle filtering raises the alarm and auto-tracking follows the target.
- Investigation-driven sites — Multi-target detection captures human body, motor and non-motor vehicle images with attributes, and best-snapshot selection keeps the clearest frame, so events can be searched later instead of watched live.
- Integrators with alarm panels and VMS — Alarm I/O 7/2, RS485 and audio I/O 1/1 for detectors, sirens and external speakers, plus ONVIF Profile S/G/T/M and the EZStation, UNV-Link and UNV-Link Pro clients.
Where and how to install
- Height, reach and tampering — Mount high, typically 6–10 m on a pole or tower. The housing is IP67 but no IK impact rating is listed, so keep it well out of reach and away from where stones or tools could hit the dome.
- A rigid mount for 6.9 kg at 252 mm — At 252 mm the view is only 2.15° wide. Use the pole brackets TR-UP08-A-IN or aluminium TR-UP08-B-IN on a thick, well-anchored pole, or the corner brackets TR-UC08-A-IN / TR-UC08-B-IN; on walls use TR-WE45-A-IN (long) or the gooseneck TR-WE45-B-IN, which move more in wind. Ceiling: TR-CE45-IN, TR-UF45-A-IN, TR-SE45-IN (200), TR-SE45-A-IN (500).
- Power: 24 V or 802.3bt PoE — Maximum draw is 67 W with heater, wiper and illuminator running. Use AC 24 V or DC 24 V (±25%) from a supply near the pole, or an IEEE 802.3bt PoE port able to deliver it; 802.3af/at (15.4/30 W) ports are not enough. Join the cold-pressed power wires, network and alarm wiring in the TR-JB12-IN junction box.
- Network run and surge — The port is 10/100 Mbps RJ45, copper up to 100 m per run; use fibre to a switch near the pole for longer runs. Surge protection is 6 kV; on towers add surge protectors on power and network at both ends and earth the structure.
- Keep the illumination path clear — Keep walls, eaves, railings and branches out of the wide-angle frame: 850 nm light reflects off close objects and washes out the night image. Run the wiper after rain or dust, and check every preset at night after installation.
Wide or zoomed in: what you actually see
At 6.0 mm the IPC6828EL-X42-W-VH1 covers about 55.4 m of width at 50 m. At 252 mm the view is about 1.9 m wide at 50 m and 3.8 m at 100 m, which puts roughly 1023 pixels on each metre of the scene at 100 m (3840 ÷ 3.75), about 1.5x the 4 MP sibling at the same distance. The 500 m illumination applies at full zoom and is shorter at wide angle.
| Wide · 6.0 mm | Tele · 252 mm | |
|---|---|---|
| Horizontal view angle | 57.96° | 2.15° |
| Width covered at 10 m | 11.1 m | 0.4 m |
| Width covered at 50 m | 55.4 m | 1.9 m |
| Width covered at 100 m | 110.8 m | 3.8 m |
| Pixels per metre at 50 m | 69 | 2046 |
| Identify a stranger's face up to | 10.7 m | 333.1 m |
| Recognize someone you know up to | 21.4 m | 666.1 m |
| See what a person is doing up to | 42.9 m | 1332.2 m |
| Detect that something is there up to | 107.2 m | 3330.6 m |
| IR night distance | < 500 m | 500 m |
- Use the wide end as a high-detail overview: at 50 m the 6.0 mm view covers 55.4 m with about 69 pixels per metre.
- Save tele presets on distant gates and fence corners: at 252 mm a person is identifiable up to 333.1 m in daylight.
- At night, distant presets must be zoomed in to get the full 500 m illumination reach.
Widths are calculated from the horizontal view angle (width = 2 × distance × tan(angle ÷ 2)); pixels per metre = 3840 ÷ width. Identify/recognize/observe/detect distances are the manufacturer's DORI figures (EN 62676-4) from the datasheet. Illumination range is proportional to the optical zoom; the datasheet gives it only at full zoom.
Full Specifications
Complete official specifications from the manufacturer's datasheet (technical values in English).
Camera
| Sensor | 1/1.8" CMOS |
| Min. Illumination | Color: 0.0005 Lux (F1.2, AGC ON), 0 Lux with IR |
| Day/Night | IR-cut filter with auto switch (ICR) |
| Shutter | Auto/Manual, 1 to 1/100000 s |
| WDR | 120 dB |
| S/N | > 56 dB |
Lens
| Focal Length | 6.0~252 mm |
| Digital Zoom | 16× |
| Optical Zoom | 42× |
| Iris | F1.2 to F4.6 |
| Field of View (H) | 57.96° to 2.15° |
| Field of View (V) | 34.61° to 1.21° |
| Field of View (D) | 71.30° to 2.54° |
DORI
| DORI Distance (Detect) | 107.2 m to 3330.6 m (351.7 ft. to 10927.2 ft.) |
| DORI Distance (Observe) | 42.9 m to 1332.2 m (140.7 ft. to 4370.9 ft.) |
| DORI Distance (Recognize) | 21.4 m to 666.1 m (70.4 ft. to 2185.4 ft.) |
| DORI Distance (Identify) | 10.7 m to 333.1 m (35.1 ft. to 1092.9 ft.) |
Video
| Privacy Mask | 24 areas, up to 8 areas per scene |
| Video Compression | Ultra 265, H.265, H.264, MJPEG |
| Main Stream | 8 MP (3840×2160), max. 30 fps |
| Sub Stream | 1080P (1920×1080), max. 30 fps |
| Third Stream | D1 (720×576), max. 30 fps |
| Video Bit Rate | 128 Kbps to 16 Mbps |
| U-code | Support |
| ROI | Support |
| Video Stream | Triple streams |
| OSD | Up to 10 OSDs |
Intelligent
| Auto Tracking | Support, target filtering: human, non-motor vehicle and vehicle |
| Multi-target Detection | Support |
| Smart Intrusion Prevention | Cross line detection, intrusion detection, enter area detection, leave area detection (support false alarm filtering and the classification of human, non-motor vehicle and vehicle) |
| People Counting | Support people flow counting and crowd density monitoring |
Image
| White Balance | Auto, Outdoor, Fine tune, Sodium lamp, Locked, Auto2 |
| Digital Noise Reduction | 2D/3D DNR |
| Flip | Normal, Flip vertical, Flip horizontal, 180° |
| HLC | Support |
| BLC | Support |
| Defog | Digital defog, Optical defog |
| EIS | Support |
| Image Stabilization | EIS (Gyroscope) |
Events
| Basic Detection | Motion detection, Ultra motion detection, Tampering alarm, Audio detection, Object removed, Object Left Behind |
| General Function | Watermark, IP address filtering, Access policy, ARP protection, RTSP authentication, User authentication, Alarm input, Alarm output |
Audio
| Audio Compression | G.711U, G.711A |
| Audio Bitrate | 128 Kbps |
| Two-way Audio | Support |
| Suppression | Support |
| Sampling Rate | 16 kHz |
Storage
| Edge Storage | MicroSD, up to 512 GB |
| Network Storage | ANR, NAS (NFS) |
Illuminator
| IR On/Off Control | Auto/Manual |
| Wavelength | 850 nm |
| Illumination Distance (IR) | 500 m |
Network
| Protocols | SSH, IGMP, RTP, RTCP, SMTP, IPv4, IPv6, ICMP, ARP, TCP, UDP, DHCP, PPPoE, RTSP, RTMP, DNS, DDNS, NTP, FTP, UPnP, HTTP, HTTPS, 802.1x, SNMP, QoS, SSL/TLS |
| Compatible Integration | ONVIF (Profile S, Profile G, Profile T, Profile M), API, SDK |
| User/Host | Up to 32 users. 3 user levels: administrator, common user and operator |
| Security | Password Protection, Strong Password, HTTPS Encryption, Export Operation Logs, Basic and Digest Authentication for RTSP, Digest Authentication for HTTP, TLS 1.2, TLS 1.3, WSSE and Digest Authentication for ONVIF |
| Client | EZStation, UNV-Link, UNV-Link Pro |
| Web Browser | Plug-in required live view: IE 10+, Chrome 45+, Firefox 52+, Edge 79+; Plug-in free live view: Chrome 57+, Firefox 58+, Edge 16+ |
PTZ
| Number of Presets | 1024 |
| Preset Patrol | 16 patrols, up to 64 presets for each patrol |
| Route Patrol | 16 patrols, up to 32 actions for each patrol |
| Recorded Patrol | 16 patrols, up to 128 actions for each patrol |
| Patrol Stay Time | 15 s to 1800 s |
| Preset Image Freeze | Support |
| Home Position | Support |
| Pan Range | 360° (endless) |
| Tilt Range | -15° to 90° (auto flip) |
| Pan Speed | 0.1°/s to 180°/s |
| Tilt Speed | 0.1°/s to 180°/s |
Interface
| Audio I/O | 1 Input: impedance 1 kΩ, amplitude 2.5 V [p-p], 1 Output: impedance 600 Ω, amplitude 2.5 V [p-p] |
| Alarm I/O | 7/2 |
| Serial Port | 1 × RS485 |
| Network | 1 × RJ45 10 M/100 M Base-TX Ethernet |
| Video Output | 1 BNC (for debugging) |
Certification
| EMC | CE-EMC (EN 55032: 2015+A11: 2020; EN IEC 61000-3-2: 2019; EN 61000-3-3: 2013+A: 2019; EN 55035: 2017+A11: 2020) |
| Safety | CE LVD (EN IEC 62368-1: 2020+A11: 2020) |
| Environment | CE-ROHS (2011/65/EU; (EU) 2015/863) |
| Protection | IP67 (IEC 60529:1989+AMD1:1999+AMD2:2013) |
General
| Power | AC 24 V±25%, DC 24 V±25%, PoE (IEEE 802.3bt) |
| Power Consumption | Max. 67 W |
| Power Interface | Wires with cold-pressed terminal |
| Dimensions | Ø226.7 mm × 440.3 mm (Ø8.93" × 17.33") (Ø × H) |
| Weight | 6.9 kg (15.21 lb.) |
| Working Environment | -40 °C to 70 °C (-40 °F to 158 °F), Humidity: ≤95% RH (non-condensing) |
| Storage Environment | -40 °C to 70 °C (-40 °F to 158 °F), Humidity: ≤95% RH (non-condensing) |
| Surge Protection | 6 KV |
| Reset Button | Support |
| Heater | Support |
| Configurable P/N | Support |
Dimensions
Engineering drawing reproduced 1:1 from the official datasheet.

| Dimensions | Ø226.7 mm × 440.3 mm (Ø8.93" × 17.33") (Ø × H) |
| Weight | 6.9 kg (15.21 lb.) |
| Power | AC 24 V±25%, DC 24 V±25%, PoE (IEEE 802.3bt) |
| Power Consumption | Max. 67 W |
| Working Environment | -40 °C to 70 °C (-40 °F to 158 °F), ≤95% RH non-condensing |
| Protection | IP67 · 6 kV surge protection |
| Wiper | [object Object] |
| Heater | [object Object] |
Optional Mounting Accessories
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8MP 42x PTZ Camera FAQ — IPC6828EL-X42-W-VH1
How far can the IPC6828EL see at night?
What do 8MP and 42x zoom give me in practice?
Does it follow moving targets automatically?
Will the image shake on a tall pole in wind?
What operating conditions is it rated for?
Can the IPC6828EL-X42-W-VH1 run on PoE, and which kind?
Does the IPC6828EL-X42-W-VH1 use a laser or normal IR, and is the night image in color?
IPC6828EL-X42-W-VH1 (8 MP) or IPC6824EL-X42-W-VH1 (4 MP): which should I buy?
How much bandwidth and storage does the IPC6828EL-X42-W-VH1 need?
Will the IPC6828EL-X42-W-VH1 work with a Hikvision, Dahua or other third-party NVR?
Is the IPC6828EL-X42-W-VH1 vandal-resistant?
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