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01/10/2005 03:16:44 PM · #1 |
I put a 67mm Hoya circular polarizer on my D70's kit lens yesterday and I must've had it just ever so slightly off the threads, cause now I can't get the filter off. Before I wreck the filter and the lens trying to unscrew the dang thing, which direction should I be trying to turn it to get it off?
Message edited by author 2005-01-10 15:17:10.
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01/10/2005 03:19:43 PM · #2 |
righty tighty, lefty loosey..
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01/10/2005 03:21:41 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by ahaze:
I put a 67mm Hoya circular polarizer on my D70's kit lens yesterday and I must've had it just ever so slightly off the threads, cause now I can't get the filter off. Before I wreck the filter and the lens trying to unscrew the dang thing, which direction should I be trying to turn it to get it off? |
Facing the lens, turn anti-clockwise
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01/10/2005 03:22:35 PM · #4 |
And while I've always been taught that as well, I'm never sure anymore. The back caps for my lenses tighten with a turn to the left (counterclockwise) and loosen with a turn to the right (clockwise).
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01/10/2005 03:23:04 PM · #5 |
| Lefty loosy, righty tighty. Counterclockwise. I usually use a 24oz framing hammer to tap it loose. Or run it under hot water for a while. No, really, they make little plastic clamps for removing stuck filters. Kind of like the things you buy to loosen jar lids. Try B&H or Smile. |
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01/10/2005 03:25:14 PM · #6 |
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01/10/2005 03:47:10 PM · #7 |
Use a huge rubber band or a couple of them on the outside and turn. Works for me :)
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01/10/2005 03:55:38 PM · #8 |
| I used one of those thin, flat, pot-holder shaped, rubbery, square things you use to open jars with to get one off my Kodak once and it works like a charm. |
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01/10/2005 03:58:11 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by faidoi:
Use a huge rubber band or a couple of them on the outside and turn. Works for me :) |
faidoi you rock!!! That worked!! Thank you sooo much. Laurie, I tried a flat round rubbery jar opener thingy, no luck. Rubber bands! That's where it's at!!
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01/10/2005 05:25:07 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by ahaze:
And while I've always been taught that as well, I'm never sure anymore. The back caps for my lenses tighten with a turn to the left (counterclockwise) and loosen with a turn to the right (clockwise). |
Really? Canon, Sigma, and Olympus follow the righty tighty rule. I wonder why Nikon went the opposite. Keep people from switching caps with other brands or something? |
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