At 01:58 PM 8/14/2005, William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Markus Maurer" Subject: How-to
separate 2 stuck filters
Hi Pentaxians
I have two 55mm filters stuck together and would like to ask for an
advice to separate them.
I can not hold each of them easily to turn them because of the little
ring area, is there anything
I can do without damaging one of the filters?
Put on a pair of rubber gloves (dishwashing latex gloves will work).
Sandwich the two filters in the palms of your hands and twist them apart.
William Robb
That should help with two "simple" filters, but if one of the filters
happened to be a polarizer with an endlessly rotating element, this
probably would not help. For that particular case, there are "filter
wrenches" available. I don't have any filter wrenches myself, but there
have been a couple times when I wished I did have them. The stuck polarizer
scenario was one of those times. I think I also had a filter and screw-in
lens hood become stuck once, and due to the somewhat delicate construction
and the particular shape of the hood, I'm not sure that the rubber glove
trick would have worked.
That said, I'll have to remember the rubber glove trick. I'm sure it works
quite well in many situations.
take care,
Glen
