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| The deadrise, Maria E, at rest, Messick Point, Poquoson, Virginia Olympus E-M1 with an Olympus 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 SWD lens |
1) Take a pot holder. One with a rubber bottom works best. Silicon ones also work well. But, a padded cloth one will also work.
2) Place the rubber/silicon side up on a counter top, if it has one. Otherwise, pick the side with more texture and lay it down with that side up.
3) Lay the end of your lens down flat on the pot holder. If there is someone there with you, have him or her hold the pot holder in place.
4) Gently press down and twist counter-clockwise, gently increasing pressure until you can feel the filter start to give.
5) Then pick up the lens and unscrew the filter the rest of the way from the lens.
That's it! It works.
Also, you can make a handy little gadget that you can keep in your camera bag that may also help remove a stuck filter in an emergency.
Take one of those little silicone sticky pads that will allow you to keep your mobile phone from sliding across your car's dashboard. You know the kind. They only cost a couple of dollars.
Get a piece of wood, say one inch wide and six inches long. You want the wood to not be flexible. You can use a 6 inch ruler if the wood is sturdy enough to be non-flexible.
Cut a strip our of the sticky pad the width and length of the wood. Glue it on.
You can then use that to place across the top of your lens to apply even pressure across the entire surface with the palm of your hand without the center of the device touching the front lens element.
This hack is small enough that you can keep it in your camera bag so you have it with you.
There you have it. Two solutions to a rather common problem at little or no cost.
Thanks for looking. Enjoy!
Dennis Mook
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I have used a heavy duty rubber band for perhaps less sticky situations. It was too big to fit snug over the outside of the filter, so I cut it to create one length. Then wrapped it around the outside of the filter. Then gripped it with my fingers and twisted counterclockwise just enough to loosen the threads. It has just enough gripping power to remove the filter in many sticky situations. P.S. I keep a few heavy duty rubber bands in my bag anyway, wrapped around my flash head.
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