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Re: [OM] (OM) Filters binding on the front of a lens

Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) Filters binding on the front of a lens
From: "Bill Pearce" <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 08:41:42 -0500
I suspect that lube will just make a mess of things Make sure all t hreads
are clean. Don't camera stores still sell those little plastic filter
wrenches, or did those go out with filters, unfortunate victim of digital?

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Swale [mailto:bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 11:36 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] (OM) Filters binding on the front of a lens

Hi all,

Today I got caught out unexpectedly.

A Hoya Circ-Pol filter got stuck on the end of my Zuiko 100/2 lens. I had
not screwed it on hard.  And after a lot of trying suddenly I found the
'sweet spot' 
and it came off as easy as pie.

Seems to me it is not perfectly round and there is some metal-to-metal
binding.

So I thought to myself: "lubrication is what's needed here - not Epoxy, or
one of those little grinders that Walt liked".  

And as I reached for the 3-in1-oil I thought - hang on a minute there; not
so fast - won't even the smallest amount migrate to where it should not be?

Maybe a smidgen of candle-wax?

What say you all?

Brian Swale. 
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