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- From: jake@bony1.bony.com (Jake Livni)
- Subject: Re: Fungus on lens
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.014716.6155@bony1.bony.com>
- Keywords: fungus
- Organization: The Department of Redundancy Department
- References: <b4u503EKc3Bd00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> <2300088@hpgrla.gr.hp.com> <1992Dec22.095521.17861@ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 01:47:16 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.095521.17861@ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM> appy@churchill.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM (Pratul.Sharma) writes:
-
- >I have a Pentax ME-super SLR and a 35-105 Tokina Zoom. Both of them are out of
- >warranty. The zoom has developed fungus on a few elements. I showed it to a few
- >shops here and the are asking about $75 - $80 to clean it. Now I find that the
- >camera's view finder is also developing fungus.
-
- [...]
-
- >do it myself. Also how do I avoid fungus killing other lenses.
-
- Fungus grows in damp air. Store your lenses and equipment in dryness.
- Wrap them in plastic wraps or seal them in airtight containers. Add a
- dessicant like Silica Gel to keep the air inside dry. I keep my stuff
- in Rubbermaid containers with packs of dessicant that I re-dry every
- year.
-
- Fungus also has the nasty habit of moving around, all by itself.
- Therefore, if you have fungus on some equipment, you may be
- endangering other clean equipment by storing them together.
-
- If you're serious about your stuff, get it all cleaned (even if it
- costs money) and then keep it clean. You may decide that it's not
- worth the money; that's your decision.
-
- --
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