If you use filters on your lenses such as UV Haze Filters, ND Filters, Polarizers, etc., you might occasionally discover your filter simply will NOT come off!

I have known many photographers who have encountered this problem, and it never seems to happen at a convenient time.

No matter how much you try, the filter just won’t budge and you now are stuck with a filter mounted on your lens whether you want it or not. This is an especially bad circumstance if the filter that is stuck is a 9 stop ND filter because it would render your lens almost useless until you remove it.

Sometimes the problem is you may have just screwed the filter on too tightly, or some cheaper filters might bend easily and bind and get stuck. Or if you drop your camera, you may find the filter just won’t come off. Or the problem might be slight corrosion or dirt. Or the problem might be that you did not have the filter on straight and damaged the threads.

If you want a tool to remove a stuck filter, there are a variety of different tools out there that can help! I thought I should mention that, just in case you weren’t aware!

There are other brands. I just thought I would show a few.

Sometimes, a jar lid remover can help remove a stuck filter!