Remove circular polorising filter

Just been trying to register my stuff on the new Ricoh website.
Came to register one of my lenses and cannot remove the filter listed in the title. For some reason it seems to be jammed solid on the lens.
Any tips on how to removeit?
Thanks.

Try a small thin elastic band attached to the 'base ring' of the filter (or in my case a CPL), hopefully this should afford a better grip for the fingers! I have used this a few times and now leave the band attached.

To add to loadoftripe's suggestion, I now use a thin O ring between the CPL filter and the lens so it never locks itself on again.

Easily available on the web, and for little money

You can get plastic filter wrenches which I have used a couple of times, they are very cheap so worth keeping in your bag.

A flip flop or slipper with a soft rubber sole has always worked for me, just press the filter into the rubber and turn (as long as it's not one of those variable things)

+1 to this. I got a set a few years ago when using adapters to do unconventional things with expensive lenses (e.g. reverse mounting a Q-01 on the front of a DA*300mm). Hardly used, but when it was necessary to use one it worked like a dream. And I felt a lot happier using a purpose-made gizmo on expensive lenses than an ad-hoc thingy.


It's a polariser so presumably the front element rotates.

Steve

I use an anti slip mat for limited mobility people. They "grab" onto anything that's on it. Just put the lens filter side on it, then "unscrew" the lens to get the filter off. Only caveat is that it doesn't work with polarizing filters. I use a "dab" of wax base lubricant on my filter threaads, it helps avoiding sticky situations.

Thanks all, will try those, especially the elastic band.

That worked, shan't be putting it back on.

Thanks again.

Use an O ring on the filter thread, it does work