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PL Filter Just Keeps Spinning on my Lens :)
Jul 10, 2016 10:12:07 #
I put a polarizing filter on my lens and, don't laugh, it just keeps on spinning and I can't seem to get it unscrewed. Is there a trick to the PL filters?
Jul 10, 2016 10:19:10 #
Jul 10, 2016 10:56:21 #
mill_A wrote:
I put a polarizing filter on my lens and, don't laugh, it just keeps on spinning and I can't seem to get it unscrewed. Is there a trick to the PL filters?
Is it a circular polarizing filter? If so, you are probably just turning the outer ring, not the threaded ring below it. You may need to grip the side of the filter more tightly. Try a rubber disk that's used to open jars.
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Jul 10, 2016 11:03:11 #
Jul 10, 2016 11:16:59 #
It's a circular filter...Just realized one thread spins and one thread screws onto the lens :) (New filter...new photographer) LOL
mill_A wrote:
Just realized there is a thread behind the filter that screws off....UGH....
Jul 10, 2016 11:20:55 #
mill_A wrote:
It's a circular filter...Just realized one thread spins and one thread screws onto the lens :) (New filter...new photographer) LOL
Some will come apart and leave one on the camera and one in your hand!
Jul 10, 2016 12:36:11 #
I've had 'em glue themselves to the threads on top of the lens before. Particularly the newer ones where the threaded ring is just so darn tiny.
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Jul 10, 2016 12:38:51 #
Leitz
Loc: Solms
mill_A wrote:
Just realized there is a thread behind the filter that screws off....UGH....
How ever in the world did you manage to screw it on in the first place?!
Jul 10, 2016 14:14:16 #
DaveO wrote:
Some will come apart and leave one on the camera and one in your hand!
(Broken, not designed that way.)
Jul 11, 2016 06:10:47 #
Jul 11, 2016 06:54:39 #
mill_A wrote:
Just realized there is a thread behind the filter that screws off....UGH....
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Jul 11, 2016 07:37:54 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
mill_A wrote:
It's a circular filter...Just realized one thread spins and one thread screws onto the lens :) (New filter...new photographer) LOL
Put your camera on a tripod and spin the filter during a 4 -10 second exposure, OH the possibilities.
Jul 11, 2016 08:29:21 #
billnikon wrote:
Put your camera on a tripod and spin the filter during a 4 -10 second exposure, OH the possibilities.
Maybe!
Jul 11, 2016 08:39:39 #
billnikon wrote:
Put your camera on a tripod and spin the filter during a 4 -10 second exposure, OH the possibilities.
Moving a zoom in or out also has possibilities.
Jul 11, 2016 09:24:46 #
Happens to me all the time. There are two rings on a circular polarizer - one spins to polarize, the other screws into the front of the lens. Put a rubber band around the screw ring to get a better grip on it. Same principle as a unscrewing a tight jar lid.
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