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If you have a lens with a stuck on filter, try attacking it with a band saw

Jun 28, 2017 by John Aldred 10 Comments
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Most of us, at some point or another, have dealt with the issue of filters that just won’t come off. Perhaps you choose to keep UV filters on your lenses at all times. Perhaps you don’t, but you’ve purchased a used lens that’s come with one. Maybe it’s been a temporary filter like a polariser that just gets stuck. Most of the time, though, they’ll come off with a little effort.

Sometimes, however, they just won’t budge. Even with special filter removing wrenches they just don’t want to come off. You might have to get a little medieval on them. Something Adam Savage has become quite familiar with. In the second such incident with a stuck filter, he tries the filter wrenches with no luck. So, he turns to the power tools.

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How a Mythbuster removes a stuck on filter with a bandsaw

Oct 31, 2016 by John Aldred 6 Comments
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We’ve all come across a situation where we’ve had a filter on a lens that just wouldn’t come off. If you haven’t, you will one day. Switching environments, or just leaving your filter on there for too long can cause it to pretty much become embedded into the front lens element. At other times, cheap filters, or the wearing down of coatings on the metal lens ring or filter itself can lead to galvanic corrosion.

In a recent podcast at Tested, former Mythbuster Adam Savage recounts the story of how he removed a shattered filter. How did it become shattered? Well, Norm’s Canon 24-70mm f/2.8II lens fell to the ground along with his shiny new Canon 5D Mark IV after his hand got knocked walking into The Cave. After much panic to determine whether it was just the filter or the lens elements had cracked, the plan began to get it off. A task which turned out to be easier said than done.

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Here is a look at the f/0.7 lenses that Stanley Kubrick used

Jul 17, 2016 by Udi Tirosh 6 Comments
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Have you ever seen an f/0.7 lens? Stanley Kubrick used one regularly.

If you are lucky enough to be in San Francisco right now, you can pay a visit to the Stanley Kubrick Exhibition (it’s curently playing at the contemporary jewish museum). If not, former Mythbuster Adam Savage takes you on a filmed tour.

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Udi Tirosh: from diyphotography.netUdi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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