Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark: You're right about that, Mark, but in the case of the Ultra-thin Heliopan + the equally Ultra-thin rotating filter rim, ya got no traction. Very frustrating. I'm gonna give the Metaphysical/Suddenly It Just Started Turning method some time before I head for Lourdes. - or take it to the local Pro repair shop. But that is SUCH a cop out. Bob On Dec 20, 2009, at 4:53 PM, Mark Rabiner 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 mild > 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 > It said in the Popular photography gadgets and gizmos page 1964 September to put a rubber band around the filter then take it off. It just comes right off I tried it once early 1972 I think it was January. But I find just putting on a rubber glove easier. Mark William Rabiner _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information