Doug, I'm kinda suprised by a lot of the advice you been given so far. The old trick I've used in the past has always worked: thread a couple more filters onto the stuck filter and tighten them slightly. Then you've got better leverage to get the stuck one off and they usually all come off together.
I would try this first before anything. -Brendan --- Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi guys, > > Well, I'm in quite a quandry now. I've got a > polarizing filter stuck on > the front of one of my lenses, as I discovered the > other day. Trying to > remove it by hand was a complete non-starter for me > and several other > people who tried. When I got home, I tried a strap > wrench, and that > "worked". That is, it was able to get enough grip > on the filter to try > to turn it. The reason for the quotation marks is > that the filter > didn't let go, something threaded underneath the > focus ring started > unscrewing! So I'm thinking I've got two choices at > this point, (1) I > could try to figure out how to break the glass out > of the filter so I > can deform the rings enough to pull them out without > damaging the > threads on the lens, and maybe still have to (2) > send it to the repair > center. Any suggestions? > > -- > Thanks, > DougF (KG4LMZ) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
