If the filter didn't break - try a broad rubber band on just the filter ring to aid in gripping the ring. If that doesn't work - try filter wrenches like these
Major bummer. If you have some of those dishwashing gloves handy (they're not that expensive either) try turning the filter with the gloves on your hands.
bruni wrote:
the 18mm f3.5 arrived today - and I promptly dropped it taking it out of the box. The filter is now bent and I can't get it off.
Ben, after I fell in 2014, besides both legs being broken my 55 F1.2 hit the deck pretty hard. After doing some preliminary investigation I did what has been recommended here with great success. The stout lens suffered no damage and is in use today. If you happen to come across a small "thread chaser" try that on the lens body just to be sure you'll be able to use a filter on it.
Ben - glad you managed to overcome your stuck filter issue. Nervous moments indeed.
Here are a couple of pics from "Her Majesty's Theatre" London where my wife an I went to watch Phantom of the Opera. Really good production with an amazing cast & orchestra.
No photography allowed during the performance so I was limited to the theatre's architecture.
Pretty dimly lit theatre so I had to use the balcony for support.
Hi everyone - Laura, James, Ken, Jay, Lestor - and Buddy, of course: thank you so much for your concern and suggestions about my stuck filter. I had to laugh when I saw Lestor's video and they showed the stuck filter and called it a "worst case scenario" and said my situation was probably not as bad - ha ha - it was worse, it was just like Ken's pic after I'd taken the pliers to it. I had tried to loosen it in all the ways they suggested but it was bent flat on one side in the fall so I doubt it was ever going to turn, it wasn't round any more.
So, cutting to the chase: I followed Buddy's suggestion and took the pliers to it. It looked like Ken's photo of his 55 (Ken, two broken legs? That's an horrific story). I just twisted the metal away from the lens body in chunks. Luckily the filter metal is relatively pliable and much softer than the lens body metal - after I'd twisted and pulled away large sections of it - the rest came out in one piece - well, sort of.
Colin - I love that second shot of Her Majesty's - fantastic.
Jay - spectacular landscape - getting up early really paid off!
bruni wrote:
Buddy - that's a great suggestion - unfortunately I lack both the tools and skills to even think about attempting such a thing.....still, it's driving me crazy so I'm going to take it to someone to do it for me.
postscript: Buddy - I did it. All I had was a pair of pliers - I worked the edges off the filter, then popped the glass out, then pulled and twisted the ring away from the lens. Other than one small scratch to the rim of the body of the lens - no damage.
Cool stuff Ben! And who cares about one little scratch on the lens body. These lenses were made to be used, so they might as well look the deal. I had to fix a bent filter thread. It's all a matter of knowing where to start and making sure that you know what you are doing. Things start to go wrong as soon as you move too far out of your comfort zone, and most of the time they go wrong because you're too nervous not to mess something up
EDIT:: Talking about moving too far out of ones comfort zone, I tried using vegetable peelers today and cut off the cup of my finger as well as part of the fingernail. I should really start heeding my own advise
EDIT2:: I just bought a Nikon 122mm L37C filter for my 300mm f2,8. With what these cost nowadays, I hope I'll never have the pleasure of having to cut it off from the lens.
Rafael, nice Mexicho shots. Really cool costumes. And thanks for sharing those Charles Lindbergh shots.
Colin, great work with that 16mm. That is a really cool use of it.
James, I think the moon shot is really nice.
Paul, really like those Ben Harper shots. Guess it was a pretty good concert.
Chuong, nice fur shot. Harvey seems to have created a lot of trouble for lots of you over in the U.S. Hope you recover quickly from the damages.
Huss, nice portrait shot.
Ben, hope you figure it all out with the lens. Almost same thing happened to me a few years ago when I bough a new D90 together with a 50/1.4 af-d. The very same afternoon after unpacking and taking it out I dropped the whole thing on the ground. Camera fine, but the lens not so much
Jay, great landscape shot!
Philippe, great work with the 105/2.5. It´s one of those all time favourite lenses
On our little trip to the farm this weekend I had promised to bring one of my neighbours and friend out to this place. He is from Mexico and his mom is in Sweden for a 3 month visit. Here´s a couple of shots of both Juan and his mom.
DeltaSigma wrote:
Ben - glad you managed to overcome your stuck filter issue. Nervous moments indeed.
Here are a couple of pics from "Her Majesty's Theatre" London where my wife an I went to watch Phantom of the Opera. Really good production with an amazing cast & orchestra.
No photography allowed during the performance so I was limited to the theatre's architecture.
Pretty dimly lit theatre so I had to use the balcony for support.
The sun at 4:30 this afternoon. Super smokey here in Seattle with ashes falling like a very light snow at times.
Almost apocalyptic according to my Sister.
400/5.6 ED-AI @ f/11 + CPL hand held taken from the girls' high school parking lot after dropping one of them off for volleyball practice.
