P510 - Attaching filters! (Not for purists)

I've read about the filter/lens adapter for P500/P510 here:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/67MM-Lens-adapter-converter-Nikon-Coolpix-P500-P510-/180848738321?pt=AU_Cameras_Photographic_Accessories&hash=item2a1b6cc011

but based on my bad experience with a similar "adapter" for my Olympus SP-800UZ camera, I advise everyone AGAINST it, for several reasons: such adapters are heavy, cumbersome to put on, carry and put off again, they limit the light coming to the already tiny sensor and last but not least the price for such big filters are more than double. As for the lens, forget it! I've been so dummy or outright stupid to believe this hoax and from the three lens I got then, the only one usable has been the macro one. Finally I gave the entire gear as a present to a friend that wanted also my camera...

So let's come back to the filter issue: there is a so simple solution, that it could seem outrageous to some people, but that works perfectly The filter size: not 67, not 52, but... 49!

Here is everything you need:

Take a soft rubber protection pad and cut it to some 1.5mm thick (or thin, if you prefer). Then cut two small chips from its middle, broad to match the filter thread. Attach them somewhere on the filter thread: they'll stick to it, because of the special coating. Take another pad and repeat the action for the opposite part of the filter thread.

Put the camera off. Put a padded part on the base of the lens and push GENTLY the other padded part! READY! (Because of the striations I thought to be filter thread, the filter is fixed enough to be operated without problems and also ready to be put off with an equivalent operation (pull the high part, then take it off) when needed. Check out:

CAUTION: The pushing shouldn't be more than when attaching the protection cap! If there is a resistance or something doesn't go smoothly, modify the pad chips size! DON'T FORCE! You can take off the filter any time (actually even put it on, but just in case is better to perform attachment with the camera off).

Not to boast to you, but I've attached the pad chips to three fiters (PL-CIR, UV and WARM, Introductory set for beginners from Hoya) in less than half an hour...

Finally, the testing:

and after a 90 rotation:

I'm sorry if I offended someone with my solution, but I was so satisfied with it, that I've already ordered a high-quality PL-CIR Hoya filter, which, by the way, costs less than half a 67mm normal quality filter. There is no practical drawback: the camera remains intact, and if you want to use the filters elsewhere, you just pull the chips off; in the worse case you need to cut others...

Thank you for your time,

Augustin