filter stuck on lens

stukacat · 30 Jul 2008 at 17:51

i had a new vr 55-200 lens deliverd to my brothers house for my nikon d60 and as my brother also has a nikon camera he decided to give it ago.he put a lens fillter on and now i cannot get it off. it dosent look cross threaded but it wont budge.any tips for removal greatfully received.

danza · 30 Jul 2008 at 18:01

put the lens filter face down onto something rubbery/grippy, push down gently and turn it to unscrew, try using your hand first. What often happens is the filter distorts if you try to grip its edges, and therefore sometimes can't turn.

JBuk · 30 Jul 2008 at 18:06

similar to one of the above, place a piece of tissue / kitchen towel on the palm of one hand ,press the filter onto your palm and turn

stukacat · 30 Jul 2008 at 18:52

many thanks danza and JBUK i put a peice of kitchen towel on my rubber mouse mat and few twists later i have the filter in my hand and the lens on the camera....

danza · 31 Jul 2008 at 00:15

Glad to help.

gadgets · 31 Jul 2008 at 00:24

doesn't work with circular polarisers though

i had to buy some filter wrenches in the end

BloodyL · 31 Jul 2008 at 07:20

Put a few decent elastic bands in your camera bag, I have.
That's after my cirular polariser decided to weld itself to my lens at the motorshow in london.
Once I got home and did a quick google, I wrapped a band around the filter and tried, it worked great.

Nicos Rex · 31 Jul 2008 at 16:27

Filter Wrench is your friend - hardly any more expensive than elastic bands and doesn't perish like rubber so it doesn't fall to bits when you really need it for the first time in 5 years!

colinuk · 31 Jul 2008 at 17:03

I would say - dont use filters on your lenses then you wont get this issue, but that would be silly not using filters.

Good tips, will take some bands with me from now on.

gadgets · 31 Jul 2008 at 22:25

my problem was that it was a slim circular for my sigma 10-20 so there is hardly anything to grip on.