One other trick is to stick the whole assembly in your FREEZER for a few hours. The flange may shrink at a different rate than the shutter threads, allowing your to turn it. (It won't hurt the shutter or lenses.)
One other trick is to stick the whole assembly in your FREEZER for a few hours. The flange may shrink at a different rate than the shutter threads, allowing your to turn it. (It won't hurt the shutter or lenses.)
Wilhelm (Sarasota)
eeeerrrrr some things are best left alone! if you have a camera to use it on then do that. why risk f'ing up a good lens. if you break it it may not be usable after.
another option is to cut off the retaining ring (if it is fact a retaining ring) go slowly and if you have patience you will be able to get it cut while still not damaging the threads beyond use.
and/or you can cut the flange off making it easier to cut the ring off.
anyway you do it. let us know what happens.
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I got it!
After resigning myself to the fact that I was going to have to take it to a repair shop and pay to have it removed safely, i decided to dremel down the newly purchased strap wrench to make it more effective, then a large amount of straining ended with it coming loose...
Such a relief!
Thanks for all the ideas everyone!
Wonderful. Congratulations!
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