Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just like meditation or prayer, I suppose I'll take a "filter moment" each day to contemplate the alloy molecules and their relationship to my electromagnetic field and try a little tenderness. I'm not kidding. If it worked for you it could work for me. I hope. If this doesn't work - to quote Woody Allen in "Annie Hall" - I'm taking it to Lourdes... Meanwhile, I've got a built-in circular Polarizer for those extremely rare sunny moments in Seattle this time of year. I know- I'll buy another 70-180 and use it for non-polarized shots. Why didn't I think of that earlier? Duh! Cheers, Bob Bob Shaw rsphotoimages at comcast.net On Dec 20, 2009, at 9:04 AM, Aram Langhans wrote: > Now that makes perfect sense. I have the same Heliopan thin polarizer, > but on a 35-70. At times it is bound like it is welded to the lens. I > try and try and it does not budge. Then, with a very slight effort it > comes of easily. It is so thin and so close to the lens my filter wrench > does not even want to grab it. And working from the front, it just > rotates like any polarizer is suppose to. So, I would just work at it > slowly with e Womild pressure and maybe yours will behave like mine and > come loose. I know brass is not suppose to bind, so the distortion > hypothesis makes perfect sense. I just always forget and grip harder and > twist harder until I remember that a gentle touch often (not always) works > best. > > Aram > >> Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:46:45 +1000 >> From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] help! stuck filter! >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Message-ID: >> <36172e5a0912181446g105d084ah7f931f6fdcadd288 at mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> >> Rubber strap wrench for opening jars (like a car air filter tool). It >> spreads the force more evenly and grips perfectly. I've used it on the >> slimmest of filters successfully. A complication is that the filter is >> distorted out of round when you apply pressure unevenly and the binding is >> worse. >> >> 2009/12/19 Bob Shaw <rsphotoimages at comcast.net> >> >>> Most of the solutions offered really work on a fixed-ring standard >>> thickness filter. >>> >>> Before I take it into town for "professional help" I thought I'd check in >>> with the LUG about the Heliopan Slim Circular Polarizer on my R-Vario >>> 70-180 >>> APO. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information