How To Remove A Stuck Lens Filter (According to Canon)
Ever had a lens filter stuck on your glass? Craig Pulsifer had the issue and asked Canon how to do to remove the filter. Well, Canon's instructions on how to remove the stuck filter are somewhat brutal, but it worked. You need a hacksaw, a hammer and some more tools. Don't know if you want (and are able) to treat your precious Canon glass that way. However…
See the whole procedure with description on Craig Pulsifer's blog.
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CanonEOSPunk
6 months ago |NO! just buy a cheap filter remover, and if that doesn’t work…
1) Tape a ziplock bag around your entire lens, leaving just the front 1/2 inch of the lens and filter exposed.
2) Liberally spray the front 1/2 inch of the lens and filter (paying particular attention to the seam between the lens and filter) with WD40. Stand the lens (front element up) on a table and allow the WD to penetrate a few minutes.
3) Repeat step 2.
4) Place the lens in the freezer for 1 hour. This time make sure it’s front element is down to allow the WD40 to drain onto a paper towel.
5) Remove from freezer, wipe all the oil off with dry paper towels and simply rotate the lens filter off.
Bob B.
6 months ago |Well…I agree with the filter wrench sugestion……
NikoJorj
6 months ago |That really sounds like a last resort method!
The damage risk to the front element of the lens seems quite high (from the hammerof step 2, the shattered glass of step 3, and from the pliers and the bits of the filter itself of step 4).
First, drip a few drops of WD40 or such onto the thread (preferably from outer to avoid oil getting in the lens or on the front element), allow to penetrate, set an elastic band around the filter and try a simple filter wrench.
Works 95% of time.
And don’t forget that unscrewing direction is counterclockwise.
Richard Alan Fox
6 months ago |Righty tighty, lefty loosey.
Jim Motes
6 months ago |I used a jar opener made by oxo. It’s V shaped with serrated edges that gripped the base of the filter and a little twist and it was off.
Admin
6 months ago |+1
Stephen
4 months ago |I had a slightly warped filter on my lens. I gripped the lip of the filter with a pair of small pliers and bent the lip inward toward the center of the lens, then slightly rocked the pliers left and right. Then I pressed the lens onto the bottom of my running shoes and twisted. I had used every once of strength and everything else I could think of before that. I thought I would have to saw mine off, but my Nike did the job just fine; just do it.