----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Genovese" Subject: HELP - Need advice with a potential problem
> 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. It's unlikely from that short an exposure, I think, but you never know until it's too late. If you are nervous, a gentle and thorough blowing out of the mirror box would certainly not hurt. Use it as an excuse to clean the dust off your sensor. William Robb -- 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.
