Monday, August 19, 2019

The daughter had a slight mishap in the dark cave with her camera yesterday.

Fortunately, it's just the UV filter.  Could have been worse.  But, now the filter is jammed on the lens, and I'll have to see if some pliers will help to get it off.




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  1. That is one rule I took took literally. I have a UV filter on all of
    my 8 lenses and a circular polarizer for every filter thread size.
    The UV filters are a cheap investment that can save you a lot of
    dough if you drop a lens or a camera.

    The polarizing filters are great for shooting reflective images
    like choppy waters on a bright day or anything behind a glass
    storefront, but in larger sizes, they get expensive. An 86mm Circular
    polarizer for one of my lenses was two hundred and change.




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  2. Try one of the rubber strap wrenches. Not a lot of surface area on a filter to latch on but it will provide a solid grip.

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  3. Ran into this problem a while ago.
    We didn't get the filter wrench from Amazon, but the wrench set looks much the same.
    https://smile.amazon.com/Neewer-Rubber-Coated-Remover-Fujifilm-Panasonic/dp/B018I848Q2/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2BWS6EYPQCQDG&keywords=camera+filter+wrench+set&qid=1566233452&s=gateway&sprefix=camera+filter+wr%2Caps%2C137&sr=8-3

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  4. Remove the glass first, then go for the strap clamp as mentioned.

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  5. No rubber strap wrench handy?
    Try the camera carry strap. Usually works.

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  6. Used to work at a camera shop. Remove the broken glass, grab the the filter ring with the tip of needle nose pliers and twist the filter ring. It will collapse and come off

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    1. What he said. BTDTGTTS. The filter did what it was intended to do and hopefully turned the energy into its broken glass.

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  7. Hope that the mount isn't torqued, or the mirror box misaligned, from the impact. I'd say "ask me how I know", only that's pretty obvious. Nikon service will tell you that you shouldn't have used a Tokina lens :-)
    Good luck!

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    1. ...Tokina lens...

      Why? Do Nikon lens know how to duck?

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