Originally posted by angerdan Finally i got a (used) B+W X-PRO UV for around 20 bucks.
It adds a "Made in Germany" touch to the lens configuration
I picked up one of those yesterday, new, for the big bucks, and removed the filter cover to install it only to find that parts were rattling around inside the lens. The derned thing had come apart in there. I managed to fish out the geared and threaded ring with the original UV filter in it without any damage (I hope, fingers crossed).
I unscrewed the original filter but the threads of the new one would not mate with those on the ring. I couldn't see how to install the ring into the filter housing, anyway (other than the superglue solution). There doesn't seem to be any mechanism to hold the geared ring in place within the housing, with or without the filter. Trying to insert it, the whole thing just falls apart.
Anybody have any idea how that's supposed to work, or what parts are supposed to be there?
Maybe there's something still lost inside the lens?