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[OM] Re: Fisheye 8mm and fungal blooms - how easy to remove

Subject: [OM] Re: Fisheye 8mm and fungal blooms - how easy to remove
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 07:13:44 -0400
If you have ever lived in Florida you will understand that there are 
millions of fungi that flourish in full sunlight.

Chuck Norcutt

robburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> http://www.temple.edu/biomed/tt3.html
> 
> A few years ago I read an article by someone who claimed to have destroyed 
> fungus on a lens element by opening the lens to the widest aperture and 
> placing it in a position where sunlight could shine through the lens. The UV 
> rays kill the fungus. He claimed that it worked well if the fungus was not 
> too 
> advanced. I tried it on a lens with a slight fungal bloom and it killed the 
> fungus. I have had the lens for several years now and have had no further 
> fungal growth. It would be advisable not to allow the lens to get too hot. 
> Wouldn't want to risk messing up the cement binding lens elements. The site 
> above makes a brief reference to this method, but doesn't think it effective 
> on a badly fungused lens element.
> 
> Robert 


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