Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aah the operative word is 'even' pressure, not necessarily gentle. Like being a tough team supervisor, if you drive everyone equally hard they work together. The trouble starts when you show favouritism to that cute young newest team member. If the meditation, contemplation, counselling and distributed pressure techniques fail the next option is to carefully strike the centre of the filter with a small hammer then use vice grips to tear off the remaining material. Also effective on recalcitrant team members. Just kidding folks!!!! 2009/12/21 Bob Shaw <rsphotoimages at comcast.net> > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman