Probably the lens got hot and the oil evaporates. One effect you can´t see
is often, that the aperturecontrol is stronger than normal. This can effect
or even damage the mechanism in the camera. You should give it to the
service.
Jochen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Gomez" <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 4:26 AM
Subject: [OM] Lens fungus?
> I've recently acquired a 50/1.4 (it was part of a larger deal) with
> something odd inside it. I've seen a number of lenses with fungus before,
> and this looks nothing like that. The lens elements themselves appear to
be
> totally clear. As a matter of fact on the first two inspections I made of
> this lens, I didn't notice any problem with it. I've also shot a test roll
> using it and the pictures come out fine.
>
> Whatever this stuff is, it looks a lot like something that condensed out
> inside, of all things (as a matter of fact, at first I thought it was
> exactly that--internal condensation). It's pure white in color and opaque.
> As far as I can tell, it's all on the inside of the lens barrel, only, and
> only between the 1st couple of elements of the lens (or maybe all ahead of
> the diaphragm, it's quite difficult to tell for sure).
>
> Anyway, do you think it's worth it to try and clean this lens? Is this one
> that's relatively easy to disassemble to clean? I worried that if I ignore
> it, it may well get worse, assuming it *is* something alive.
>
> ---
> Scott Gomez
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