Re: [OM] Gary's lens test...

[andrew fildes]

You think a little chernobyl factor is going to stop fungus? No hope! Lens
decomposer organisms are tougher than that.
AndrewF


>My 55mm f1.2 (silvernose) must be the oldest lens I have. It looks so good
>on a black OM 2 (just like the advertising in the brochures) that I can't
>bare to part with it. It takes great pictures too.
>
>Interestingly, after I heard the radioactive story about these older lenses
>I examined the lens closely for any fungus. None whatsoever... maybe the
>radioactivity protects the lens elements from microorganism growth?
>
>Does anyone else with a radioactive lens have any fungus on the glass of
>that lens??
>
>Oben



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