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Stuck on filter

barondla said:
Is the filter ultra expensive? If the filter is built with a retaining ring, to hold glass in, it might be possible to unscrew it and remove the glass. Two small flat head screwdrivers or, even better, a spanner tool would do the job. Then you could lift filter glass out and perhaps contort the ring enough to remove it. Obviously, this is more of a last ditch effort and you might be better to take the lens to a specialist.
Thanks,
barondla
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The lens is just a skylight, and I already have a replacement, so I don't care if I wreck it. And that's part of what happened: the glass came free of the ring and just floats.
 
Barbie Heid said:
The lens is just a skylight, and I already have a replacement, so I don't care if I wreck it. And that's part of what happened: the glass came free of the ring and just floats.
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In that case I would go with barondla's advice as a "last measure", too. I was also about to mention this option. I may depend on the construction of particular filter, but in most cases it is possible to remove the glass from it. The outer filter case/ring is from relatively soft alluminium alloy, so it would be possible to just bend it locally with small pliers. Just be carefull, as the filter thread in Your lens is aluminium alloy too and of course one must take care not to scratch front lens element.
Regards,
-J.
 
Yar1971 said:
In that case I would go with barondla's advice as a "last measure", too. I was also about to mention this option. I may depend on the construction of particular filter, but in most cases it is possible to remove the glass from it. The outer filter case/ring is from relatively soft alluminium alloy, so it would be possible to just bend it locally with small pliers. Just be carefull, as the filter thread in Your lens is aluminium alloy too and of course one must take care not to scratch front lens element.
Regards,
-J.
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Thanks, I'll try that too.
 
If you have a regular service person for your camera gear, they may well look at it and fix it while you wait, no charge. I have had that experience several times, including a Hasselblad lens jammed on the body. Fixed while I waited, no charge. Good luck.
 
imageman said:
If you have a regular service person for your camera gear, they may well look at it and fix it while you wait, no charge. I have had that experience several times, including a Hasselblad lens jammed on the body. Fixed while I waited, no charge. Good luck.
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Out of desperation, I put a call in to my guy today. It'd be nice if he'd do it for free, but I hate to ask. Also hate to bring it in because the cat just had a procedure done that took me to the cleaners.
 
Well, folks, I'll be off to the camera shop later this week. My guy says this is actually common (stuck filter), and he will get it off with a hacksaw or Dremel while I wait. Phew! Thanks for all the suggestions.
 
Well, here's what happened... I wound up taking it to my camera guru, and he tried everything and finally resorted to a hacksaw. But it's off! Weird thing, when I bought the lens, I bought a 1A filter for it, then forgot that I did and ordered another one. So, no harm done.
 
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