Yep, that's classic fungus. You can still shoot with it. I would
quarantine it from being in a bag next to any other lenses (the spores).
It etches (or eats) the lens coatings. You can still shoot with it too,
with slight degradation in contrast until it starts to become severe. You
can have it cleaned, and if it's not severe the damage to the lens coatings
won't be either.
However, you've guessed it, the very low cost of a 50/1.8, even a new "MC"
one, doesn't make it economically repairable. If it were a high end, rare
and expensive Zuiko, it would be worthwhile to try to salvage the lens.
Make certain you are storing your lenses in a dry place. Like any other
fungus, it loves dampness and darkness.
-- John
At 00:55 11/2/00 , Don Gaikins wrote:
>I have a 50 mm f1.8 lens that an employee of a photo shop told me was
>full of fungus.
>
>The only thing that I can see in the lens is some white lines that look
>like spider webs in it. The lens takes perfectly good pictures so far
>as I can tell. Is this the fungus?
>
>What ill effects can be caused by fungus? Can it be removed from the
>lens? Is is economically prudent given the cheap cost of a 50 mm 1.8
>lens to have it removed?
>
>Thanks
>--
>Don Gaikins
>W0VM
>
>
>
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