HiLook IPC-T581H-MU 8MP 4K Full Colour Night Vision Black Turret Camera (Hi-Color), Human & Vehicle Detection, 2.8mm, 30m White Light, Dual Mic, IP67

If the night clips from your current cameras play back in shades of grey, the HiLook IPC-T581H-MU 8MP 4K black turret is HiLook’s answer, rated for 24/7 colour imaging. This black turret camera also records sound with its 4K video, which suits a home with charcoal or black trim, a café or small office with a dark shopfront, and the electrician quoting a client who wants colour after dark. Prefer a white housing? The white version of the same camera appears under Available models above.

Behind the black cover sit a 1/1.8″ sensor and an F1.0 lens, recording 8MP 4K (3840 × 2160) at 25 fps, with colour rated to 0.0005 Lux, plus a white supplement light whose range runs up to 30 m. Deep learning classifies people and vehicles for the alarm rules, and an arrayed dual microphone records the audio. Run one network cable from a PoE port and the HiLook IPC-T581H-MU 8MP 4K black turret takes its power and sends back video and sound over that cable.

Human and Vehicle Detection — Set Alarms for People, Vehicles or Both

The HiLook IPC-T581H-MU 8MP 4K black turret classifies what it sees as human or vehicle using deep learning. Motion detection and perimeter protection (intrusion, line crossing, region exiting and region entrance) can raise an alarm when the target is a human, a vehicle or either. Alarms for video tampering, a scene change or an exception are listed as well. When an alarm is raised, the linkage list covers starting a recording, taking a capture, sending an email, notifying a surveillance centre and uploading to a memory card, FTP or NAS. HiLook’s sheet also lists face capture among the deep learning functions.

Colour Night Vision — 24/7 Colour Imaging Instead of Grey Night Footage

Colour after dark is the headline here. The maker lists 24/7 colour imaging for this camera: an F1.0 lens draws more light onto the 1/1.8″ sensor for colour rated to 0.0005 Lux, backed by a built-in white supplement light with up to 30 m of range. For a buyer who wants to see in colour at night rather than replay grey footage, that is the case for the HiLook IPC-T581H-MU 8MP 4K black turret. The table further down weighs it against the HiLook IPC-T381H-MU.

Dual Microphone Audio — Sound on the Same Recording as the Picture

Video alone can leave the story half told: a raised voice, a car door closing or a knock is lost without sound. The HiLook IPC-T581H-MU 8MP 4K black turret is a 4K security camera with audio, recording mono sound from an arrayed dual microphone that filters environment noise, so the sound plays back with the picture. If you want a camera that records sound rather than one you talk through, note that this is one-way audio: it listens and records.

Power Over One Cable — With a Black Metal Body Rated IP67

As a PoE security camera, the HiLook IPC-T581H-MU 8MP 4K black turret takes 802.3af PoE (Class 3, max. 11 W) over its network cable, powered from a PoE switch or from a recorder that has PoE ports, so no separate power supply has to be run to it. Where PoE is not available, a 12 VDC input on a Ø5.5 mm coaxial plug (max. 8.5 W) is the alternative. The cover and main body are black metal, IP67 water and dust resistant, and rated for -30 °C to 60 °C at up to 95% humidity, non-condensing. At Ø138.3 mm × 115.4 mm, it weighs approximately 750 g.

Where the HiLook IPC-T581H-MU 8MP 4K black turret Earns Its Place

🏡 Homes with black, charcoal or dark-stained trim — a housing in the same dark tone, 24/7 colour imaging for the evening and overnight hours, and sound kept with each clip

🏢 Cafés, offices and small shops with a dark frontage — 4K detail to crop into after an incident, audio with the picture, plus alarm rules for people, vehicles or both

🔧 Electricians quoting a HiLook system — 802.3af PoE on one cable per camera, the black or the white housing to suit the client’s trim, and ONVIF for third-party recorders

Specifications of the HiLook IPC-T581H-MU 8MP 4K black turret, taken from HiLook’s datasheet and Hikvision Australia’s product page:

Which to buy: this black turret or the HiLook IPC-T381H-MU?

The two turrets share 8MP 4K, human and vehicle classification, a dual microphone that is one-way, 802.3af PoE, a 512 GB slot and a light range up to 30 m. Choose the HiLook IPC-T581H-MU 8MP 4K black turret when 24/7 colour imaging is the priority, with its white supplement light and an F1.0 lens rated for colour to 0.0005 Lux; choose the HiLook IPC-T381H-MU if you would rather record an infrared night picture.

Frequently Asked Questions — Buying This HiLook IPC-T581H-MU 8MP 4K black turret

The HiLook IPC-T581H-MU 8MP 4K black turret, sold here as HL-IPC-T581H-MU-0280-BLK, is part of the range Hikvision Australia files as HiLook Pro; for the white housing and other HiLook models, browse our HiLook IP Cameras.