jrc Posted July 31, 2007 Share #1 Posted July 31, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I got a 49mm B+W IR/UV cut filter and some Micro-Tools rubber filter-removal tools and got the filter glass out of the filter okay, but I'm having a hard time screwing the retaining ring back into the Milich adapter. Is this just a matter of patience, or is there a trick to it? I'm afraid of stripping the threads if I push too hard...Any suggestions? JC Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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doubice Posted July 31, 2007 Share #2 Posted July 31, 2007 John, Try adding a few tiny drops of oil into the threads. Also, it is very important that no amount of flexing is applied to the retaining ring when you screw it into the adapter. The trick is to apply evenly distributed pressure around the whole perimeter of the retaining ring and the adapter. Try using the palm of your hand instead of your fingers. The same technique can be used when unscrewing or installing stubborn filters - not actually having seen John's WATE filter adapter I hope it can be used for your dilemma as well. Best, Jan Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted July 31, 2007 Share #3 Posted July 31, 2007 It is my firm conviction that you are creating problems for yourself. I am doing it all 'wrong': I am using a 486, not a Leica filter, and I use it screwed directly into the adapter without reversing the glass. And results are excellent. And why it is 'wrong'? There seems to be a notion afoot that if you can detect or measure a thing, *by any means and methods, however exotic and irrelevant*, it must be IMPORTANT. It doesn't matter how microscopic the thing is. So some people have, by exacting measurements on the digital file, detected some minute colour aberration in a photograph of a uniformly white and uniformly lighted surface. I think that, first, this is a somewhat unusual subject with most of us, and, second, that we look at our pictures, and do not put them to the digital Inquisition. If the pictures look good, they are good. People who suffer horrible tortures because they accidentally thread on the cracks between the stones of a pavement should be pitied, not emulated. It is indeed a scientifically ascertainable fact that Mr X put his left foot on a crack, but the rest is ... well, I won't use the word. The old man from the Age of Slow and Dirty Photography Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted July 31, 2007 Share #4 Posted July 31, 2007 I managed to get my WATE adapter retaining ring tight by using bamboo chopsticks and a rubber band to give them some friction against the retaining ring. A little unorthodox, perhaps Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papimuzo Posted July 31, 2007 Share #5 Posted July 31, 2007 It is my firm conviction that you are creating problems for yourself.[..................]So some people have, by exacting measurements on the digital file, detected some minute colour aberration in a photograph of a uniformly white and uniformly lighted surface. [..............]The old man from the Age of Slow and Dirty Photography Thanks Lars. I learned a lot from this forum (a lot, in fact all what is needed to take pictures with the M8), and I concluded that I'm certainly absolutely a super dumb user: I have not (Yet?) encountered any fault in my M8. It can't possible I got the only one perfect tool;) Regards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonoslack Posted July 31, 2007 Share #6 Posted July 31, 2007 I got a 49mm B+W IR/UV cut filter and some Micro-Tools rubber filter-removal tools and got the filter glass out of the filter okay, but I'm having a hard time screwing the retaining ring back into the Milich adapter. Is this just a matter of patience, or is there a trick to it? I'm afraid of stripping the threads if I push too hard...Any suggestions? JC Hi There - I had the same problem yesterday - I ended up using a pencil eraser and being very gentle - took a liitle patience, but now it's there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted July 31, 2007 Share #7 Posted July 31, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I managed to get my WATE adapter retaining ring tight by using bamboo chopsticks and a rubber band to give them some friction against the retaining ring. A little unorthodox, perhaps Ah, now that's what I call proper engineering. With a dash of ingenuity. Well done, Carsten! (Perhaps there's a commercial opportunity for you to market a pair of chopsticks, a rubber band and a set of instructions as a "WATE Adaptor Filter Insertion Tool". ) Pete. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravastar Posted July 31, 2007 Share #8 Posted July 31, 2007 The advice given by doubice is good. One additional trick is to align the start of the retaining ring thread to the start of the thread in the adapter. You do that by rotating the retaining ring against the adapter in an anticlockwise direction while applying slight pressure. At one point you should hear a slight click or feel a "bump". As soon as you notice this reverse the direction of rotation and the ring should engage the thread in the adapter and can be tightened. Bob. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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