how do you open a square bullet casing?

[consorts]

i want to open this dahau(amcrest) so i can change the m12 lens

i tried unscrewing the mount to give the wire lots of slack, removed the microsd cover (no microsd was kept inserted), and there are no other screws or tabs anywhere, i had hoped this thing would simply come apart, but no joy. using clamps i tried unscrewing, pulling, but nothing budges. i hesitate to jimmy it open at the seam because it will ruin the baked on black enamel paint there or worse (i could always restore it) so i was hoping there was a better way and my inexperience with this is why i'm at wits end.

 

[Q™]

Didn't I read a recent post which said you have to "peel" back the "film" which covers the front of the camera? Something like that, eh?

 

[fenderman]

as a last resort

 

[Q™]

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[consorts]

there's another film behind this one? i donno... gotta dig in there and potentially ruin it.

 

[Q™]

gotta dig in there and potentially ruin it.

Bro. Boldly go where no man has gone before...it's a fuQing $64.00 Amcrest.

Besides...that's what they make Crazy Glue Gel Control for.

 

[mat200]

FYI - see this thead FYI - Some local Costco B&M have a Lorex / Dahua OEM 4K 6x camera kit and 8 port NVR for $800

iirc there's an example of a member who did the similar job with an Lorex branded squarish bullet camera. Should be a similar procedure for this Amcrest model.

 

[Q™]

There are 4 screws located on the very corners under the black matte masking on the front of the camera. Just take the xacto knife to carefully lift up one of the corners and the mask peals off. Once the 4 small phillips-head screws are exposed and removed the cover separates from the body

 

[tigerwillow1]

On some of my Dahua bullets, the front blackish plastic just snaps off, on others it's held with a small set screw.

 

[consorts]

sorry guys, but this mofo don't wanna unglue unless you destroy the camera front;

i tried prying

rubber mallet pounding force

drops of acetone in the crease

drops of goo.gone in the crease

and i barely made 1mm of progress

repeated the prying and pounding and
only ended up discoloring the corner face.

 

[Q™]

Have you tried prying open this seam?...

 

[consorts]

Have you tried prying open this seam?...

of course, it's the first thing i tried - that notch is purely decorative
(see the photo with the 2 vise above the one you "arrowed" for us)
anything you wedge in merely strips the paint inside the groove.

 

[Q™]

 

[consorts]

mat200 posted some stuff on another amcrest related thread in case anyone following this issue is interested;

FYI - Amazon lightning deal on Amcrest ( Dahua OEM ) 8MP bullet $64