Tiandy TC-C35WS 5MP ColorMaker Bullet Camera 2.8mm: Full-Colour Night Vision
Most security cameras switch to black-and-white the moment the sun goes down, which means you lose the one detail that often matters most in an incident review: colour. Was the jacket blue or black? Was the vehicle white or silver? The Tiandy TC-C35WS ColorMaker solves this with a dual illumination system that combines infrared LEDs and white light LEDs to deliver full-colour footage in near-total darkness, giving you usable detail around the clock rather than washed-out greyscale images when you need them most.
The 5MP sensor (2880 × 1620) captures significantly more detail than standard 1080p or 2MP cameras, which makes a visible difference when you need to zoom into recorded footage to identify a face, read a number plate, or confirm a specific detail. The 1/2.7-inch CMOS sensor pairs with a 2.8mm fixed lens at F1.6 to deliver an expansive 125.4° diagonal field of view, wide enough to cover a full driveway, car park entrance, or shopfront in a single camera position.
Low-light performance extends well beyond the colour capability. The sensor reaches down to 0.002 Lux in colour mode and 0 Lux with infrared active, meaning the camera produces a usable image in conditions where the human eye would struggle to see anything at all. Smart IR adjusts LED intensity automatically based on the distance of objects in frame, preventing the overexposure that blows out faces when someone walks close to a fixed-intensity IR camera. The infrared LEDs reach 50 metres, while the white light illuminator covers 15 metres for the colour night vision zone.
120dB Wide Dynamic Range (WDR) handles scenes where bright and dark areas coexist in the same frame, such as a camera looking out from a shaded entrance toward a sunlit parking area. Without WDR, either the bright area bleaches out or the dark area turns to shadow. At 120dB, the TC-C35WS balances both simultaneously so you can see detail in the doorway and the car park at the same time.
Built-in video analytics go beyond basic motion detection. The camera performs human and vehicle classification, so alerts trigger only when a person or vehicle enters the scene rather than firing on every passing cat, bird, or tree branch. Tripwire and perimeter detection let you draw virtual boundary lines across the camera's field of view and receive alerts the moment something crosses them in a specified direction. Two behaviour analysis rules can run simultaneously per scene.
Video compresses using S+265, H.265, or H.264 encoding, with the S+265 codec reducing bandwidth and storage consumption even further than standard H.265. The main stream runs at up to 30 fps at full 5MP resolution, and bitrate ranges from 32 kbps up to 6 Mbps depending on scene complexity and quality settings. A built-in microphone captures on-site audio compressed in G.711 or ADPCM, adding another layer of evidential value to recordings.
Local recording stores directly to a microSD card up to 512 GB inside the camera, with ANR (Automatic Network Replenishment) ensuring that footage recorded locally during a network outage syncs back to your NVR once the connection restores. No gaps in your timeline, even if someone cuts the Ethernet cable.
Power runs through DC 12V or PoE (802.3af) drawing a maximum of 7.5 W, keeping the camera within the power budget of virtually any PoE switch or injector. The housing carries an IP67 weather rating with 4,000V surge and 6,000V ESD protection, and the operating range stretches from -40°C to 65°C, so the camera handles everything from a coastal installation exposed to salt air to a warehouse rooftop baking in summer heat.
Network integration supports ONVIF Profiles S, T, and G alongside Tiandy's own P2P cloud connectivity, Milestone compatibility, and RTSP streaming. Management runs through the Easy7 VMS desktop client or the EasyLive Plus mobile app on iOS and Android, with web access available through Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari.
Specifications
| Model |
TC-C35WS |
| Sensor |
1/2.7-inch CMOS, 5MP |
| Max Resolution |
2880 × 1620 @ 30 fps |
| Lens |
2.8 mm fixed, F1.6 (M12 mount) |
| Field of View |
109° (H) / 59° (V) / 125.4° (D) |
| Min Illumination |
0.002 Lux (colour) / 0 Lux (IR on) |
| WDR |
120 dB |
| IR Range |
Up to 50 m (2 × 850 nm LEDs) |
| White Light Range |
Up to 15 m (2 × white LEDs) |
| Smart IR |
Yes |
| Video Compression |
S+265 / H.265 / H.264 |
| Video Bitrate |
32 kbps to 6 Mbps |
| Audio |
Built-in mic, G.711A/U, ADPCM |
| Analytics |
Human/vehicle classification, tripwire, perimeter detection |
| DORI |
Detect 56 m / Observe 22 m / Recognise 11 m / Identify 5.6 m |
| Local Storage |
MicroSD up to 512 GB (ANR supported) |
| Network |
1 × RJ45 10/100 Base-T |
| Protocols |
ONVIF (S/T/G), RTSP, HTTP/S, DHCP, DNS, FTP, P2P |
| Power |
DC 12V (max 7 W) / PoE 802.3af (max 7.5 W) |
| Protection |
IP67, 4 kV surge, 6 kV ESD |
| Operating Temp |
-40°C to 65°C |
| Dimensions |
161 × 68 × 66 mm |
| Weight |
0.47 kg (gross) |
| Software |
Easy7 VMS (desktop), EasyLive Plus (mobile) |
Colour footage when it counts, smart detection that filters out false alarms, and enough resolution to capture the details that matter. Buy the Tiandy TC-C35WS 5MP ColorMaker bullet camera online at NeonSales, delivered across South Africa.
