I wouldn't worry about it, although i might wipe the lens mount with a towel dipped in bleach. But be careful not to get bleach on the plastic.
That lens might be recoverable too. Tell your friend to take it to an expert camera repair shop. If the coatings haven't been etched by the fungus, it can be fixed. I have a beautiful lens that I bought for next to nothing ten years ago because it was fungus infected. It was disassmebled and sterilized by a pro. It came back perfect, and has worked flawlessly ever since. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Patrick Genovese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi, > > A friend of mine is thinking of buying a pentax DSLR and wanted to try > a couple of old F Series lenses on a K10D. > > He got the lenses to my place and upon looking through the viewfinder > I was horrified to see that the lens in question seemed to be fogged. > Upon closer inspection the lens seemed to have quite a bit of dust > and fungus growth inside. The lens did not stay on the body for more > than a couple of minutes coz I immediately took it off. > > I am worried that I may end up "infecting" my own lenses with fungus.. > Given that the lens did not spend more than a couple of minutes on my > K10D what is the risk of the fungus getting to my own lenses via the > body. > > I've never had a lens with fungus on it so I don't have much > experience in this regard. > > Regards > > Patrick Genovese > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
