Filter Ring Dings

[michael_kadillak3]

Is it possible to repair a modest external ding on the outer barrel of a lens that caused the filter threads to be compressed slightly at one point or do you just have to live with it?

 

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Thanks

 

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Fumble Fingers

[n_dhananjay3]

Yes, it can be repaired - a camera repair shop should have something

that looks like a plier with a curved clamping end. Clamp around the

filter threads and gently squeeze back into shape - sorry for the

incoherent description - wish I knew what the tool was called. Good

luck. DJ

[alpshiker]

I had fixed a cine lens that was very damaged (and bought cheap) years ago. I placed a cylinder of tender wood

firmly in a vise and placed the outer ring of the lens on it and by tapping very gently with a tiny rubber hammer

could straighten the thread well enough to use it. The cylinder of wood (from an old handle) should be cut slantwise

to avoid touching the glass. But the previous answer is certainly safer!

[kevin_kemner]

Michael,

 

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I had a lens with a similar problem. S.K. Grimes (doesn't his name

automatically pop up when there is a repair question?) fixed it at a

modest charge in less than a week.

 

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Kevin

[sergio_ortega]

Michael,

 

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This is a very straightforward and simple repair. It hardly seems

worth the trouble of sending it off to be done by a repairperson. It

does require the specialized tool already mentioned, and this tool

can likely be purchased for less than the outside repair plus

shipping/insurance costs.

 

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Try the following: International Micro-Tools, 800-359-2878. Their on

line catalogue is at: www.micro-tools.com.

 

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Good luck, Sergio.