Cant unscrew filter from camera - Please help!

[Monika]

I was with Michelle (@michelle58) and her camera dropped from a low height. All seemed fine until she put a macro filter on. The macro filter now seems jammed onto the lens and we are unable to get it off
She has a Panasonic DMC-GF3 dslr with a 52mm lens.
The filter is not precious but the lens is required. Any suggestions for getting the filter off?
Thanks :)

[Simon Halstead]

Rubber washing up gloves. Or turn the lens upside down on the underside of a mouse mat and turn it.

[Simon]

Try cool temperatures this works for me in the past.

[Alexis Birkill]

Instead of gripping the filter on the sides, place the flat of your hand over the front of the filter and twist like that. By gripping the filter at the sides, you will introduce minor distortion in the threads that can make it bind, particularly if the lens side has plastic threads.

If all else fails, any decent independent camera store should stock filter wrenches -- they're very cheap and designed for just this eventuality.

[Cameron Knowlton]

Rubber band on the fly filter wrench

[Monika]

Thanks @farscapephotography @simon0128 @abirkill,
sounds promising
@michelle58

[Caren]

I've had the same problem and I panicked. I was outside during the summer when it happened. Later on, when the camera was inside where there was air conditioning, I was able to get it off...so I'd try what @simon0128 said.

[Mick Porter]

I've got the same problem on my 45-year-old Jupiter 85mm, there's a step-down ring stuck that I can't budge.

[michelle mcintyre]

@monika64 @farscapephotography @simon0128 @abirkill @cameronknowlton @clmiller @pizzaboy
Thankyou Monika for starting the discussion....and thankyou to everyone else for your suggestions, l tried cooling it down, l tried the mouse pad, rubbergloves.. strength...in the end my husband put it in the vice very gently but with firm pressure and it came off undamaged ...the day it came off was the November-word challenge - macro - lol so l had to put it back on, which l did without any problems...so once again thankyou!!

[Monika]

@michelle58 You put it on again???? Did it come off again????

[Simon Halstead]

Whenever I attach filters I tighten them finger tight then always immediately give them half a turn back again. Does the trick.

[michelle mcintyre]

@farscapephotography Thanks , l will do this, it makes a lot of sense:) @monika64 it did...l also finally saw a jumping spider at work, grabbed my camera, thinking the macro was still on, but had left it at home...so l had to let him go:)

[michelle mcintyre]

@pizzaboy good luck with that Mick ...there have been some good suggestions here:)