Re: SLR Newbie - Step-up rings / lens cap questions

Paul Furman <paul-@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:pTVKi.1037$4V6.786
@newssvr14.news.prodigy.net:

Brent Geery wrote:

What are good and bad brands of step-up rings? I don't what to go
crazy on buying the "best and most costly" for such a simple item.

The cheapest (very cheap) ones at Adorama can get stuck but as long as
you don't scrape the bottom of the barrel you should be OK... I got some
other ones from them that cost a little more & they were fine.

As a veteran of a number of stuck rings, my solution has always been to
exert pressure on the front of the lens to twist the rings (this works with
stuck filters, too). I've been able to release things this way even when
the wrench couldn't budge the ring. I place the camera lens down on the
wooden floor, lean over it and gently turn as I add weight until the ring
or filter comes loose.

That said, a lens hood is almost always a good thing to use and I would
avoid any step-up rings that interfere with the use of the correct lens
hood. If you had to choose between a lens-specific polarizing filter and a
lens hood, you might want to make the lens hood your first purchase.

~Ray
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