While we are on the topic, it is also very important to mention that different species of fungus will thrive on different sources of nutrition so what you are seeing might be a mix of multiple species fungi/mould. Trying to prevent these foreign objects from settling inside your lens is futile. These are difficult to avoid and some may even come with the lens itself.
Sources of nutrients can come from a multitude of sources, from the minerals used to on the lens to contaminants like finger print, dead organic material and organic fibres. When the fungus has not exhausted the nutrient source before it expires, it is going to spore the next generation of fungi and so the cycle goes on. The tendrils spread out to gather nutrients back to fungal growth and when the source of the nutrients are exhausted the fungus dies, leaving behind the etchings made by the tendrils. These fungus spores are microscopic so what you are seeing are it’s tendrils. The only measure to prevent this from ever happening is not to provide the spores any chance to germinate at all by depriving them of nutrients and other variable essential for them to thrive. This is something that is impossible to avoid because the tiny fungal spores responsible for this is everywhere, from the air we breath to every surface that we touch. It can hurt, I know.įungus in a lens is something that all photographers try to avoid as much as possible. If you are easily offended at the sight of a dirty lens then this blog post is not for you! Do not say that I didn’t warn you because you will see some disturbing images in this post and if you are a true Nikkor lover then look away. It has worked so far and the lenses stay clean and clear. This is something that I have been doing to any lens that I bought that has fungus in it. This is also a niche topic that is not commonly discussed and even if you found one on the internet or other media, the information that is being presented is usually sparse and scattered all over the net so you will have to hunt for them and decide which one works and which one doesn’t. For this reason, I will share to you my fungus removal routine.
DISASSEMBLING OM SYSTEM LENS HOW TO
I have some people ask me about how to remove fungus from a lens.
Nikon has made a lot of lenses but I can only afford a few to feature on the blog. I will promise that I will make these filler posts as educational as possible and with the same standards as my teardown posts so that you, my readers will not get bored reading my blog. It also dawned to me that in order to keep this blog alive, I should not post a lens teardown every week because I will quickly run out of lenses to write about! A balance has to be struck so I will write filler posts like these in between the teardown posts so I hope that you don’t mind.
DISASSEMBLING OM SYSTEM LENS FULL
Hello, everybody! I was a bit busy with a wedding yesterday ( photographer#2) so I did not have the time to prepare for a full lens teardown post so I decide to write something else instead this time.
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