This is very useful. Thank you for posting it.
>
>Seen on a camera repair forum this morning.
>
>Chuck Norcutt
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>Last month, I dropped my camera and it landed on its lens/filter. The
>filter glass was shattered, and the ring was jammed onto the plastic
>barrel of the lens. A strong grab, a little prying, knocking lightly
>with a hammer... nothing worked.
>
>Finally ... what worked was placing the lens, filter down onto an ice
>pack and waiting 5 mins ... then screwing it right off. Physics at work!
>The aluminium ring contracted more than the plastic barrel it was stuck on.
>
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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