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Re: [OM] Fungus: Are small specks lethal?

Subject: Re: [OM] Fungus: Are small specks lethal?
From: Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 13:54:11 -0700
At 01:49 PM 03/12/2001 -0600, Dean wrote:
>I have little experience with lens fungus. Are even a small specks lethal
>to your camera gear? Do you have to quarantine and CLA those lenses that
>have even small traces of fungus?

Dean:

If you can keep the specks from ever growing any more, no.  If you *can't* keep 
them from growing, then yes, a CLA is ultimately called for.  Since the acid 
released by the fungus will eventually start to etch your coating/glass, better 
to do it sooner rather than later, unless the lens is a junker anyways.  In 
such a case, just use it 'til your images have started to noticeably degrade, 
and then toss it.

Garth


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