Pam,
That really sounds like fungus.
Scott in tAcoma
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<auntyfrog...> wrote:
>
> No, Edmund - I do not think this is fungus - it looks a piece of
dried
> leaf - yellowish brown and almost rectangular in shape. The
second
> piece on the edge of the blade is the same color but a bit smaller.
>
> Humidity is a huge problem - that is why each lens has a a packet
of
> desiccant in its storage bag (changed every 4 months). Camera bag
has
> multiple larger desiccant packets that I bought at B&H. All gear
is
> stored in a locking file cabinet with desiccant in the drawers.
>
>
> FWIW - This is my Nikon 18-200 VR lens. I have checked all other
lenses
> and they appear okay.
>
> Aloha,
> Pam
>
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>
>
>
> Edmund F Leavitt wrote:
> > If it looks like a leaf, I suspect that you have fungal growth.
In some
>; > very old lenses I have seen what looked like a leaf starting at
the lens
>; > edge but it was where the optical cement was breaking down. I'm
guessing
> > you have the former. Humidity is the likely culprit.
Fortunately you
> > folks in Hawaii only have high humidity 360 days each year.
> >
>; >
> >
>;
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