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c/analog-camera-cluboscarthompsonoscarthompson22d agoOG Member

Spent $80 on a lens that was full of fungus

Picked up a vintage 50mm 1.4 from a thrift store over in Portland. Looked clean in the case but got home and the glass looked like a tiny forest. Anyone ever successfully cleaned fungus off a lens element or is it just a paperweight now?
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kim.dylan
kim.dylan21d ago
Try hitting it with hydrogen peroxide and UV light for a few days.
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jenniferh83
Feel your pain, that's a tough find when the lens looked totally fine in the store.
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