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Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L with cracked filter stuck on lense. Any ideas to remove?

Started May 22, 2013 | Questions thread
hotdog321
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Re: Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L with cracked filter stuck on lense. Any ideas to remove?

That's pretty bad. I would advise trying a plastic filter wrench. If that and the other suggestions don't work, I'd take it to a camera shop.

Personally, and this is only personally because I have the gear and like tap dancing in mine fields, it might also be possible to VERY carefully cut just the bent ring with a Dremel tool and remove the filter glass, taking care not to cut into the lens thread or allow fragments to fall on the front element.

This is an absolutely textbook case as to why people should NOT use "protective" filters. Use a lens hood. Yes, a hood can break, but that is far preferable compared to filter shards scratching your front element.

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