Hikvision DS-2CD2087G3-LI2UY/SL 8MP Bullet, Full Colour Night Vision, Strobe Light & Audio Alarm, Two-Way Talk, ColorVu, 2.8mm, White

Want a camera that does something when it picks up a person at night, rather than one that only records them? The Hikvision DS-2CD2087G3-LI2UY/SL 8MP ColorVu bullet is a white mini bullet that keeps night footage in colour, flashes a white strobe light and sounds an audible warning on the events you choose, and lets you talk through its speaker from your phone. It records to a Hikvision NVR or to its own MicroSD card (MicroSD card not included).

Under the white housing sit a 1/1.8-inch sensor behind an F1.0 lens, an arrayed dual microphone, a 2 W speaker and deep learning that sorts human from vehicle targets. The Hikvision DS-2CD2087G3-LI2UY/SL 8MP ColorVu bullet takes its power over PoE+ or from 12 VDC, and at about 530 g it is the lighter of the two strobe cameras compared further down this page.

Colour Night Vision on the Hikvision DS-2CD2087G3-LI2UY/SL 8MP ColorVu bullet — a Fast Lens, a Large Sensor and Its Own Light

Full-colour night vision with ColorVu — the F1.0 lens and 1/1.8-inch sensor hold colour down to 0.0005 lux; at 0 lux the Smart Hybrid Light takes over, infrared (850 nm) or white light, three lighting modes, range up to 40 m. On a clip lit only by a weak streetlight, a red hoodie stays red and a silver ute stays silver, the detail a grey infrared picture throws away. That colour is what lets you describe what a night recording from the Hikvision DS-2CD2087G3-LI2UY/SL 8MP ColorVu bullet shows: the colour of a car, a jacket or a bag.

A Light and Alarm When It Picks Up a Person or Car — the White Strobe and Audible Warning

If you have been shopping for a camera with a flashing light and alarm, here is how this one is set up. In the event settings of the Hikvision DS-2CD2087G3-LI2UY/SL 8MP ColorVu bullet you choose what sets it off (motion, a line crossed, an intrusion, or a region entered or left), limit it to people, cars or both, and add strobe light flashing and the audible warning to its responses, beside recording, a snapshot, an email or a notification to the surveillance centre. The warning comes from the built-in 2 W speaker at up to 110 dB at 10 cm, and the strobe on the /SL model is white light. Hikvision describes the pair as there “to warn intruders off”, which makes this the camera to choose if you want a light and alarm when it picks up a person or car.

Person and Vehicle Detection You Set — Lines, Regions and Target Types

Deep learning on the Hikvision DS-2CD2087G3-LI2UY/SL 8MP ColorVu bullet classifies what moves as a human or a vehicle target. Draw a line across the view and it watches for crossings; draw a region and it watches for intrusion, or for a target entering or leaving it; each of those rules, and motion detection too, can be set for people, for vehicles, or for both. Scene change detection and video tampering raise events of their own. Face Capture: Yes.

Talk Through the Camera, Record to Your NVR or a Card — Two-Way Audio, ONVIF and One-Cable Power

Two-way audio on the Hikvision DS-2CD2087G3-LI2UY/SL 8MP ColorVu bullet runs through Hik-Connect: you speak from the app, the built-in speaker carries your voice, two microphones in an array pick up the reply, and environment noise filtering turns down the background. Recordings go to a Hikvision NVR that accepts 8MP cameras, to NAS storage (NFS, SMB/CIFS) or to a MicroSD card in the camera, and ONVIF (Profile S, G, T) suits recorders built on that standard. One Cat6 run from a PoE+ (IEEE 802.3at) port powers it at up to 18 W, a 12 VDC supply at up to 15 W is the other option, and it measures Ø 74.4 × 176.3 mm.

Where the Hikvision DS-2CD2087G3-LI2UY/SL 8MP ColorVu bullet Earns Its Place

🏡 Homes with light-coloured render or weatherboards that want a white camera with colour night vision, and a flashing light and an audible warning for the people and cars it picks up late at night

🏢 Small shops, workshops and storage yards closed for the night — the Hikvision DS-2CD2087G3-LI2UY/SL 8MP ColorVu bullet flashes and sounds on the human or vehicle events you set, and its colour clips show what came and went

🔧 Installers quoting a Hikvision job — one PoE+ cable per camera, ONVIF (Profile S, G, T) for mixed recorders, three optional brackets by code on the datasheet, and a white housing to match a pale exterior

Specifications of the Hikvision DS-2CD2087G3-LI2UY/SL 8MP ColorVu bullet, from Hikvision’s datasheet of 28 January 2026:

Which to buy: this bullet or the DS-2CD2387G3-LIS2UY/SL turret?

The 8MP picture, F1.0 2.8 mm lens, 130 dB WDR, strobe with audible warning and two-way talk are the same on both. Choose this bullet for the longer 40 m light and the lighter body; the turret if you need an audio line in and out. Both are sold here in our Hikvision ColorVu series.

Frequently Asked Questions — Hikvision DS-2CD2087G3-LI2UY/SL 8MP ColorVu bullet

The Hikvision DS-2CD2087G3-LI2UY/SL 8MP ColorVu bullet is part of the strobe-equipped line-up in our Hikvision ColorVu series, as the white 2.8mm bullet with an audio alarm and two-way talk. This camera comes to you as Authorised Australian Product, and Hikvision’s manufacturer warranty covers it. Dispatched from our Melbourne and Sydney warehouses. Add it to your cart and give your Hikvision system a camera that answers back after dark.