Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Don't put a filter on your lens you said. I ignored you and gues s what...
From: "Steve LeHuray" <steve@streetphoto.net>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 11:05:24 -0400

> I was running around half photographing, half joining in on Saturday's
> London demonstration when my big Nikon 80-200 bashed against a street
> railing and I bent the thread on the UV filter.  Now the bloody thing is
> stuck fast and refuses to move.  Now I've got a £30 filter which is
> scratched to buggery, firmly attached to a Mint £700 lens.

> Neil
>

Neil,

Dampen a chamois (as in car), that should give you the grip to give the
filter a good twist.

sl
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