B&H is out of the larger size but Adorama still has both sets of sizes
<http://www.adorama.com/searchsite/default.aspx?searchinfo=filter%20wrench>
Read the reviews at both sites. They will make you question your
repairman's advice. But perhaps he thinks you want to use them to
tighten rather than remove the filter?
But they are definitely getting harder to find. I had to look hard.
Chuck Norcutt
On 10/28/2010 10:48 AM, Brian Swale wrote:
> Andrew wrote
>>
>> Place palm of hand over the filter and turn - or place lens nose down on a
>> mouse mat and turn. It works 90% of the time (tested exhaustively, records
>> kept). Andrew Fildes afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> On 28/10/2010, at 4:35 PM, Moose wrote:
>>
>>> The trick is to hold it lightly and at several points around the
>>> perimeter when unscrewing it. That's how you find,
>>> create, really, the "sweet spot". Or get a proper size filter wrench,
>>> which grabs evenly all the way 'round.
>
> I was and am aware of the principle of putting a rubber flask stopper (or
> sticky skin) over a jammed filter.
>
> However, Circ-Pol filters incorporate a really good " gotcha ".
>
> They are two-part, and the front part rotates *very* freely.
> If you want to get wound up, try rotating one of these for all eternity !!
> There is no alternative to working on the narrow ring behind the front one.
>
> My photo shop does not use filter wrenches. They claim that that filter
> wrenches make more problems than they solve, and I reckon they know
> what they are talking about.
> Mine from HAMA broke years ago, and I have never seen new ones since.
>
> I hear what you say, Moose, about wax, but I'm not sure that I agree with
> you that the wax will fill the space between threads and cause binding. The
> result should be that it is like filling the space between the sole of your
> shoe
> and the pavement with a fresh banana skin. Oops, here we go !!
>
> I'd like to see John Hermanson's advice on lubricating these filter threads.
>
> Brian Swale.
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