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              Salmon Arm, BC - Steps to remove a stuck lens filter: #1. Use hacksaw to cut rim of the filter down to the glass.
              Salmon Arm, BC - Steps to remove a stuck lens filter: #1. Use hacksaw to cut rim of the filter down to the glass.
              December 15, 2012
              Jaron Schneider

              Canon’s Terrifying Recommended Way to Remove a Stuck Filter

              Ever have a filter get stuck on the front of your lens? I personally have not, but I can imagine how irritating it can be. Travel photographer (and friend of mine) Craig Pulsifer posted the method he was instructed to use by Canon Professional Services to his blog. His warning: this is not for the faint of heart.


              121214 0001 Canons Terrifying Recommended Way to Remove a Stuck Filter

              1. Use hacksaw to cut rim of the filter down to the glass.


              121214 0002 Canons Terrifying Recommended Way to Remove a Stuck Filter

              2. Use Ballpein hammer to strike filter glass in progressively hard taps until filter glass breaks.


              121214 0003 Canons Terrifying Recommended Way to Remove a Stuck Filter

              3. Pick out shattered glass of filter.


              121214 0004 Canons Terrifying Recommended Way to Remove a Stuck Filter

              4. Blow off glass/metal bits, then using pliers, bend/peel edges of filter rim into the centre of the filter to pull pressure off of inner threads of lens.


              121214 0005 Canons Terrifying Recommended Way to Remove a Stuck Filter

              5. Using pliers, bend/peel edges of filter rim into the centre of the filter to pull pressure off of inner threads of lens.


              121214 0006 Canons Terrifying Recommended Way to Remove a Stuck Filter

              6. Again, blow off glass/metal bits, and replace with new filter.


              121214 0007 Canons Terrifying Recommended Way to Remove a Stuck Filter

              7. Praise God that it worked!

               

              How have you gotten a stuck filter off the front of your lens? Have you tried this method before? Let us know in the comments below!

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              • http://www.facebook.com/jeffreymgreene Jeff Greene

                Some well placed C4 charges will do the trick too.  Doesn’t mean you SHOULD though.  Geezus….

              • http://twitter.com/geofflister Geoff Lister

                The person who doesn’t have redundant equipment I guess. I’d figure it out afterwards.

              • Deborah Cole

                 I followed the instructions on this video, once the glass was oof, the filter screwed off rather easily and I did not have to use plyers…

                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr1njmB4dKc

              • Deborah Cole

                 I followed the instructions on this video, once the glass was oof, the filter screwed off rather easily and I did not have to use plyers…

                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr1njmB4dKc

              • Michael Purcell

                I used this technique for more than thirty years.  Customers would come in to the camera store with lenses that were dropped, the filter rim bent in and jammed too much for the usual rubber pad or hose clamp method.  As long as the tools are used gently and judiciously, there is no damage to the lens.  Always tell the customer that it will take 30-45 minutes and send them across the street for a cup of coffee.

              • http://www.facebook.com/people/Albert-Lui/26800480 Albert Lui

                The person who gets paid $64,001 for a shoot.

              • bionictulip

                That’s what she said?

              • http://www.facebook.com/lkhuu1 Lawrence Khuu

                got a b+w filter off… wouldnt recommend trying this. it took me a wrench to force the filter off.
                p.s. it also broke the hacksaw that I used…

              • http://www.facebook.com/jachqui03 Chris Quijano

                i did that before. my 550D fell filter first and had cracks on the filter and dented the rim of it and got stock.

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