Mouldy Tamron Lens..help

[kiama]

Just found these on my Tamron zoom lens, anyone knows where can i get them clean up and how much?? hope spiders wont be climbing out from there!!!

 

[extreme2]

It might not be worth cleaning... You can try Camera Work Shop.

 

[andretan]

OMG!!!!! :what: :what: :what: :what:

 

[kiama]

siao liao!! cannot be saved issit??

 

[SNAG]

Originally posted by kiama
siao liao!! cannot be saved issit??

Should be able to save... but expensive perhaps?

 

[denizenx]

experience from my brief fm2-ism:
can be saved but the coating is habis...
and some fungus may leave a colour stain... use for b/w shots?

 

[tucker]

it cld be possible that they might have even taken root on the glas element...
save it for "special lens" ?
soft lens manz!

 

[sriram]

You'll have to decide whether it is worth it. I am not sure about Camera wksp or Prime, but I was quoted $60 by Canon to clean out a Canon lens.

If the fungus has been in the lens for a while, it will do two things :
1. Eat up the lens coating
2. Etch the glass itself.

If (2) has happened then you can use the lens to produce some funky effects. If it's not an expensive lens I'd suggest junking it. Even if you have it cleaned, the coating and glass may be permanently damaged in which case you'll never regain the image quality.