Careless and probably avoidable but it happened. The lens does not appear to be damaged, apart from the lens hood, which is easily replaced. The problem that I have is that the UV filter which I use to protect the front element of the lens appears to have taken the brunt of the fall and is stuck. I don t want to do any damage by trying to forcibly remove it; has anyone any suggestions?
Using a device which I have to remove the lids from jam jars and similer I located it over the end of the filter, tightened it and tried to rotate it. Success it was then possible to remove the filter by normal hand rotating it. Second issue then was that all my filters are at my property in Thailand so Amazon to the rescue.
@lumpiniman glad it is ok! that was the first lens I ever dropped! lens hood took the brunt of the hit though...mine is the older nikon version...built like a tank - fortunately!
wow, so it happens to others as well. Once my camer fell, lens on, from the window sill. I had a new tripod, the small type with legs extending to a max of 30 cm. And I place the camera with my 45 mm lens on and mounted on the tripod on the window sill. I turned to do who knows what when the bump came. I was in shock. Fortunately, the camera is still working. I have to tape the small lid on the battery compartment, because that was damaged. But I work delicately with it when I change the battery. So I have to put up with it. The tripod was not sufficiently spread, and under the weight of the lens it fell over. One lesson learned.
The most interesting fact was that immediately after the fall, the camera was intermittently showing an error of inability to read the images. I was devastated, thinking that after all, it was broken. But I had the brilliant idea to have a look at the memory card. When the camera hit the ground, the safety lock on the card moved, but not all the way down so as to fully lock the card. And hence the intermittent error messages. And hat was an easy fix.
Great that you got it sorted. Here is another solution if anyone else ever has the same problem. I bought a second hand lens once with a stuck filter. Couldn't get it off no matter what i tried. In the end I took a small jeweler's saw and carefully sawed through the metal filter ring. I stopped just before I had gotten all the way through and pulled the ring apart with two pliers. I guess a small hacksaw will work too but you have to be even more careful not to damage the filter threads on the lens.
I use a piece of rubber-maid shelf liner (the type that is rubber and has holes in it) as a filter wrench- kinda silly but it works for me. I also learned from a fellow photog once, to screw your lens hood on backwards over the lens when not using it. It adds a bit of protection.
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Using a device which I have to remove the lids from jam jars and similer I located it over the end of the filter, tightened it and tried to rotate it. Success it was then possible to remove the filter by normal hand rotating it. Second issue then was that all my filters are at my property in Thailand so Amazon to the rescue.
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Good point - I don t take it off very often.
The most interesting fact was that immediately after the fall, the camera was intermittently showing an error of inability to read the images. I was devastated, thinking that after all, it was broken. But I had the brilliant idea to have a look at the memory card. When the camera hit the ground, the safety lock on the card moved, but not all the way down so as to fully lock the card. And hence the intermittent error messages. And hat was an easy fix.