bruni wrote: the solitaire wrote:
Sorry to hear that Ben. One way of dealing with such issues is to carefully remove the glass from the damaed filter, then use pliers to break away the filter ring towards the inside of the thread. Be careful not to scratch the front element. Using a jewelers saw to carve in the filter ring on desired break points helps greatly in reducing the amount of force needed
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
Sep 05, 2017 at 02:44 PM
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