Okay, so I'm a newbie photographer...started a photography class this semester and just received a shipment of goodies I ordered for my Canon Rebel 35 MM. I was just messing around and making sure the filter fits...now I can't get it off! What should I do!?
2007-01-30 16:51:13 · 9 answers · asked by bored@work 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
Try one of those rubber grip things for loosening jar lids. They really work! If you don't have one, try taking it off while wearing a rubber glove. Or wrap a rubber band around the rim of the filter.
2007-01-30 16:55:35 · answer #1 · answered by Terisu 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
UV filters are relatively inexpensive compared to the actual lens, so if you break them it won't be so bad. So whatever you do, sacrifice the UV filter. You can still take pictures with the camera if you don't have a UV filter but not if the actual lens is broken.(On another note, if you do break the filter try to get a new one as soon as possible in order to protect your precious lens).
If it won't come off with the above rubber band/glove tip, which I can't imagine it won't as it doesn't sound like you were doing anything risky, you could very carefully and lightly tap around the edge of the UV filter with say your cell phone. It worked for me when I accidentally whacked my camera too hard and the cap jammed. If you don't feel comfortable doing this, you should find a camera shop that will most likely know all the tricks to removing camera parts.
2007-01-30 17:54:43 · answer #2 · answered by uness 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can just leave it on, unless you got it screwed on crooked. If the rubber gloves etc ideas don't work, try heating it with a hairdryer.
The lens hood will protect your lens as well as a filter, and the filter, particularly if it is a cheap one, may introduce lens flare and/or ghosting under some situations.
That said, I do keep a UV filter on 2 of my lenses. They do cut down on haze, which is what they are for.
2007-02-01 10:50:46 · answer #3 · answered by Ara57 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leave it on. THere's no reason it should be taken off anyway. People buy UV filters not for enhancing the quality of the photo, but to protect the lens from getting scratched. If you are concerned about using future filters, the UV filter that is stuck should be threaded to receive filters on the outsie of it. A UV filter shouldn't change the effect of any other filter you use on the outside of it.
Don't worry about it.
2007-01-31 02:25:41 · answer #4 · answered by FBWillie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Last week, a friend had similar problem experiencing stucked UV filter on his lens after his nikon fm2 lens hit a hard surface leaving uneven dent on the rim of his UV. To remove the filter, he gently pressed the filter on a flat rubbery surface on the table and gently rotated the body of the nikon fm2. Removing the stucked filter was not so difficult after all. I think the application of even and gentle pressure around the rim of the filter and the non slippery surface did the trick. You may try the same on your stucked UV filter, it might help.
2007-01-30 18:09:57 · answer #5 · answered by wilfred 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Leave the filter on the lens. This way u will protect the lens from dust, finger prints & scratches. You should also be able to screw other filters on the lens along with the UV too. I would just keep it in place. good luck
2007-01-30 18:02:22 · answer #6 · answered by KB48 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Spray or wipe some WD-40 on the filter where it attaches to the lens, wait a moment then try
2007-01-31 09:39:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pinch the filter in an electrical cord (unplugged!) and turn it COUNTERCLOCKWISE. The cord will keep you from twisting out the lens barrel the filter is attached to...
2007-01-30 18:29:27 · answer #8 · answered by john_e_29212 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it should be left on all the time anyway...
2007-01-30 17:55:41 · answer #9 · answered by beauxPatrick 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋