I had a lens disassembled and cleaned for less than $100. But it was
affected with only a mile fungus. If your lens is truly full of mold,
it may be a goner as the fungus may have eaten the coatings. But if the
fungus is still fairly mild, it can be cleaned up. Mine is now as good
as new, and the
Mike Johnston said:
Just don't store it near your other lenses. Fungus is contagious.
If it's truly full of mold (fungus), then the coatings and the elements
have probably been damaged (etched). This can't be fixed. Well, it can be,
but not cost-effectively. If it has slight traces of
Gregory L. Hansen wrote:
Mike Johnston said:
Just don't store it near your other lenses. Fungus is contagious.
If it's truly full of mold (fungus), then the coatings and the elements
have probably been damaged (etched). This can't be fixed. Well, it can be,
but not
I think tomorrow that I will
take my most recent lenses (acquired mostly thru ebay)
in to the store to make sure they are clean.
Steve,
Don't bother. Just spend some time with your lenses and a flashlight in a
room with subdued ambient light. Shine the flashlight through the lenses and
Paul:
After seeing your post, I called the owner just now.
Apparently after I left the store, the guy behind the
counter pulled out some kind of special light. When
he looked inside the lens, he said it is full of mold.
He said it is basically a paper weight. So,
tomorrow, I am getting the
Peter Alling wrote:
To fungi everything is nutritious, I'm not kidding.
I understand the thrust of your comment, but please see below...
At 09:07 AM 2/12/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Mike Johnston said:
Just don't store it near your other lenses. Fungus is contagious.
If it's truly
Hah! found something right away!
Look at this rather comprehensive site on lens fungii:
http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/fungus.html
keith
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Keith Whaley wrote:
Peter Alling wrote:
To fungi everything is nutritious, I'm not kidding.
I understand the thrust of your comment, but please
I wouldn't think of disputing him...
keith
Peter Alling wrote:
Keith I have a friend who's a Mycologist. This is his attitude
from what I saw of some of his experiments I believe him.
At 11:45 AM 2/12/2003 -0800, you wrote:
Peter Alling wrote:
To fungi everything is nutritious,
You can dispute him you might even be right, but on the other hand
about the only thing he tells me will even slow down fungi is
lack of water.
At 01:48 PM 2/12/2003 -0800, you wrote:
I wouldn't think of disputing him...
keith
Peter Alling wrote:
Keith I have a friend who's a Mycologist.
On 12 Feb 2003 at 11:45, Keith Whaley wrote:
May I humbly suggest, all fungii care about is something to grow ON?
So long as they can find a growth base, and are able to spread out,
they are then free to take nutrients from the air, lens cement or
whatever else they eat
From what I've
I would never buy nor pay for a repair of any SLR
lens with MAJOR fungus problems. Who's to say the technician
will get the lens properly precision re-assembled to factory specs?
I wouldnt trust it at all...No frickin' wayThe last thing
I would ever want to shoot with is a re-assembled lens
As for the 120/2.8, my local Pentax authorized repair
center thinks they can get it totally clean. I was
amazed at how much fungus they were able to remove
already. The work will be done by the owner of the
shop, and he is confident that he will be able to
remove it all!
O.k., I guess I
Hi all,
Today I was in my local candy store, er, camera shop,
looking at their used K mount offerings, when a lady
comes in and wants to sell the above referenced lens.
She was going to get advice on pricing, but I had to
leave. I did not even know Pentax made this focal
length in the K mount.
Holy--! The pricing of this lens was the subject less than a week ago. It
goes, as I recall, for $175 to $300. It's one of the most highly regarded of
the K-series primes, which is to say, about as good as it gets. It almost
never turns up in a local store, and very seldom online. Get it, and you
Paul:
After seeing your post, I called the owner just now.
Apparently after I left the store, the guy behind the
counter pulled out some kind of special light. When
he looked inside the lens, he said it is full of mold.
He said it is basically a paper weight. So,
tomorrow, I am getting the
Yes. I have no Idea since prices can be all over the place,
if she doesn't know what it's worth the question becomes how
big a pirate do you want to be?
The M version is slightly less desirable than the original
smcp, but I like the M.
At 05:25 PM 2/11/2003 -0800, you wrote:
Hi all,
Today I
After seeing your post, I called the owner just now.
Apparently after I left the store, the guy behind the
counter pulled out some kind of special light. When
he looked inside the lens, he said it is full of mold.
Just don't store it near your other lenses. Fungus is contagious.
If it's
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