On 23 Dec 2000, at 17:28, sayeth Walt Wayman <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>If a filter is REALLY stuck, here?s how to get if off:
>
> 1. Put rear cap on lens and stand lens on kitchen counter, offending
> filter up.
> 2. Put three or four ice cubes in plastic bag.
> 3. Set plastic bag containing ice cubes on filter.
Uh, what size of ice cubes &/or lens do you have? It might be better
& safer for the ice to be on the bottom, then the filter & lens.
> 4. Wait five minutes. (A beer might help, since you?re by the fridge
> anyway.)
> 5. Unscrew filter. (Another beer is optional.)
>
> DO NOT heat the filter. That expands it, which only makes it tighter. You
> want to contract the little sucker. Since the mass of the lens is much
> greater than that of the filter, the ice cubes will contract the filter
> long before the lens gets cold and tightens up on the it, and it?ll come
> right out. Trust me. Simple physics.
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