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Re: [OM] Cloudy rear element on the 65-200/4

Subject: Re: [OM] Cloudy rear element on the 65-200/4
From: Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 11:16:10 -0400
  I agree the sunshine/UV treatment may help with fungi (also works on
politicians & bureaucrats) but he hazing of the 65-200 zoom is not fungi; I
suspect an oily haze. It was very common in that lens, certainly happened to
mine, but did not hurt the photos.

Charlie

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 10:41 AM, SwissPace <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The sunlight UV technique is also supposed to also work for fungus, I
> seem to remember frpm my fungal fisheye days, in the end I seperated and
> got my element reglued, but alas on last inspection the fungus was back
> I think, I must try the sunshine trick again which did reduce it and
> killed it on the front element.
>
>
> On 5/4/11 3:44 PM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
> >    Unless I'm missing something I don't believe this UV technique is
> going to
> > work on the cloudy rear element of the OM 65-200 zoom. IIRC the UV
> technique
>
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