LOCKED filter…
Feb 29, 2024 14:39:31 #
That happened to me. I tried everything. Nothing worked
I just kept at it and eventually, it came off. I just kept trusting it. I didn't put the filter back on.
I just kept at it and eventually, it came off. I just kept trusting it. I didn't put the filter back on.
Feb 29, 2024 16:09:24 #
SUCCESS!!!
I'd had trouble with a very low profile Breakthrough 77mm CPL on my 24-120 Nikkor getting stuck. I'd taken it to my local camera shop a few months ago, and they removed it for me, but it got stuck again. Today I finally had success in removing it, with a rubber band and my cheap filter wrench (which I'd thought was broken, but suddenly appeared unbroken).
I think the key was putting the 1/4 inch wide rubber band around the filter, placed so that the edge of the band indicated where the edge of the non-moving half of the filter was. Then, the wrench got traction as it never had before, and the filter came loose.
I'd had trouble with a very low profile Breakthrough 77mm CPL on my 24-120 Nikkor getting stuck. I'd taken it to my local camera shop a few months ago, and they removed it for me, but it got stuck again. Today I finally had success in removing it, with a rubber band and my cheap filter wrench (which I'd thought was broken, but suddenly appeared unbroken).
I think the key was putting the 1/4 inch wide rubber band around the filter, placed so that the edge of the band indicated where the edge of the non-moving half of the filter was. Then, the wrench got traction as it never had before, and the filter came loose.
Feb 29, 2024 19:13:41 #
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Feb 29, 2024 22:44:13 #
Longshadow wrote:
They put uniform pressure around the ring without "pinching" the ring like fingers would.
They put uniform pressure around the ring without "pinching" the ring like fingers would.
Lay the lens top down on a table with the filter wrench around the filter. Squeeze the filter wrench and turn the lens. Off it comes.
Mar 1, 2024 07:43:01 #
Basil wrote:
If you have one of those square rubber sheets used to grip stuck lids, you might try that.
That has worked for me the few times I had a stuck filter.
I do have filters on most of my lenses. I have gotten into the habit of loosening filters a bit and retightening when I mount the lens on a camera.
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Mar 1, 2024 09:17:36 #
Bill_de wrote:
That has worked for me the few times I had a stuck filter.
I do have filters on most of my lenses. I have gotten into the habit of loosening filters a bit and retightening when I mount the lens on a camera.
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I do have filters on most of my lenses. I have gotten into the habit of loosening filters a bit and retightening when I mount the lens on a camera.
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I recently bought a set of Maven Filters. They are magnetic and you can stack them, if needed. Hopefully my days of stuck filters are mostly behind me (although I do still have some screw on filters for certain lenses). I only use filters when I have a specific need.
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