Photographer Attaches Help Note to His Drone After Getting Stuck in the Snow
A photographer stuck in the snow ingeniously attached a note to his drone and sent it to a nearby residence for help.
A photographer stuck in the snow ingeniously attached a note to his drone and sent it to a nearby residence for help.
How hard is it to remove a stuck filter on a camera lens? If it happens with a slim profile filter, you are left with less of a surface to grip.
Here's a strange photography hack that may sound stupid and unbelievable... but it can actually work: if you have a filter that's hopelessly stuck to the front of your camera lens, try lightly tapping it with your finger. The Koldunov Brothers show how it's done in the 1-minute video above.
We don't usually recommend taking a band saw to your $2,000 lens... in fact, we still don't recommend it. But that's what it took for nerd hero of Mythbusters fame Adam Savage to get a broken filter off of his friend's Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L II lens.
If you ever try your hand at shooting photos or videos from the sky using a remote-controlled helicopter, do your best to avoid trees, tall buildings, and... statues. Ohio-based cameraman Terry Cline found out the dangers of statues the hard way this past weekend. While capturing aerial imagery, Cline got his flying camera stuck in the arms of a statue 100 feet above the ground.
Using a filter is a great way to protect your lens from damage, but if you accidentally drop your …