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I thought those cheap plastic lens spanner wrenches from the online auction site were junk, but one saved a 1972 Pentax Spotmatic for me yesterday.
The original metal tool slipped and I was about to give up, but the plastic one gripped the notches perfectly without scratching the brass, so has anyone else found a weird tool that actually works better than the 'proper' one?
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fox.derek12d ago
Yeah, that bit about the plastic one gripping better is so true. My buddy had a similar thing with an old projector lens. He was using the official metal ring tool and it just kept slipping, really messing up the slots. He grabbed one of those cheap nylon spudgers from a phone repair kit out of pure frustration. It bent a little but it somehow got in there and turned the ring without a single mark. We both just stared at it like it was magic.
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max41512d ago
Totally! My old credit card did the trick once.
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lopez.simon12d ago
A nylon spudger from a phone kit? That's the last thing I'd grab for camera work! It's wild that a little bendy plastic tool can beat a purpose-built metal ring. Your friend must have been completely out of ideas to even try it. The fact it didn't leave a mark on the slots is the real shocker. Sometimes the "wrong" tool for the job is secretly the right one.
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