A friend of mine who is a mycologist tells me that nothing really kills a fungus it only seems to die.
At 09:38 PM 7/30/2002 -0400, you wrote: >I read somewhere that if you fumigate the lens with Thymol it will kill the >fungus. I had a Tokina 24-40 f2.8 zoom that developed fungus and tried this >- I don't know if it worked. The fungus was still there, but I could not >tell if it was dead or alive. After a couple of months in a coffee can with >thymol crystals, the lens sure did smell like thyme though. > >I bought my thymol from a chemical supply house. > >- MCC > >At 06:58 PM 7/30/2002 +0100, you wrote: > >Hi, > > > >Firstly, thanks to all for the tips on the Leica. It turned out to have a > >messed up shutter (1sec varied between 1 and 2 seconds, and above 125 the > >shutter didn't fully open). I'm waiting for a quote on a CLA before I put > >my cash into it. Oh, and the lens had fungus. > > > >Speaking of which, the shop had a lovely M50/1.4 (or maybe a K -- don't > >know how to tell them apart, but it wasn't an A. Minimum focus was 0.48m, > >and there were 8 aperture blades - the casing felt like plastic over > >metal). I had a quick try on their MZ-5n body and I was very impressed. > > > >I know these questions come up occasionally, so here are some answers to > >look up in future: > > > >- Auto-focus confirmation works (!!) - I was surprised at this, but I > >suppose there's no reason why it wouldn't. > >- The metering seems to work fine. I couldn't be entirely sure, but I > >think spot and centre-weighted metering both work. > >- The focus feel is fantastic ;-) > > > >... so, why don't I have a nice 50/1.4 now? Well, it had not one but two > >tiny fungal colonies. > > > >Does anyone know how to get rid of these, or is the lens doomed forever? > > > >-- > >Kristian > > > >PS. The shop had actually received, and sold, a Contax N Digital, so there > >must me some around somewhere. Price was �9500, but I think that was with > >two zoom lenses. Can you imagine Pentax trying to get that kind of money > >for a body? > >- > >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > >- - - - - - - - - - >Mark Cassino >Kalamazoo, MI >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >- - - - - - - - - - >Photos: >http://www.markcassino.com >- - - - - - - - - - >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
