Stuck Filter - Help !!?

they can get the filter off without damage

Bill

Put the lense in a ziplok bag(to prevent moisture) and set it in the refrigerator for an hour or so.This will shrink the metal ring and the filter.It may not be cross threaded,the very fine threads can lock up easily.To prevent sticking filters rub the threads with a cotton swab moistened with ARMORALL.Don't use a drippy swab,squeeze it out first and carefully rub the threads and bearing surface of the FILTER ONLY.Keep the stuff away from the lense surfaces.Oils and waxes can migrate out away from surfaces where applied .

but I don't know if you be able to try it. You need a large ball made out if wood shaved on one side to the diameter of your filter. Or if you can find a square piece of wood from corner to corner just larger than diameter of your filter. Next you need to cut each corner on the angle (round ball already has the angle just because it is round) so this piece of wood just barely fits inside if you push it hard. It will do two things: it will spread the outside ring (not squeeze it) and at the same time grab the filter. It should relief inside thread just enough for you to turn it.

If everything else fails just break the filter and use pliers to peel off the ring.
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Eugene

The only time a smaller sensor with the same pixel count is superior to a larger sensor (aka higher pixel density) is when you are focal-length limited.

Lee Jay

Thanks! I had a B+W Filter stuck on my 10-22... couldn't get it off for the life of me! The backside of the mouse pad against the filter applying even pressure DID IT! Thanks!

Edmund

They sell rubber circular jar lid removers that will easily remove a lid that you can't budge. The problem with doing it with your fingers is the uneven pressure applied by your thumb and fingers deforms the filter making it out of round and impossible to turn. I'd bet money any grocery store would have one of these and they are dirt cheap and afterwords you can always use it to remove jar lids.
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MRD

my vote

bottom of a rubber soled sneaker

Jon

I use a short length of electric cord. Find a piece from an old extension cord or appliance - the thin, flat double sided ones work the best. Hold the end together with a plies if needed.

I've tried all of them, without success, it looks like I've somehow cross-threaded the filter, so I guess I'll just have to leave it there.
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TomP

Once i had the same problem with a circular polarizer. I had sucess using a cable TV, wich i used to make a kind of "lace" around the filter, giving more "contact area". The cable is rubbered, so it won´t dammage your lens-filter. The idea is the same as those tolls for removing oil filter in our car, ya know... Give a chance !! =) Good luck ( i know it´s such a annoying thing...)

Turn on your LOVELIGHT, and leave it ON !!