I don't think so. You've gotta remove the fungus to get a look
underneath. If the coating was damaged I'd put some black ink in the
etched areas. Assuming the fungused area was no more than 5-10% of the
total surface area of the element I betcha you couldn't tell an image
from it from one taken with pristine glass.
Chuck Norcutt
ScottGee1 wrote:
> On 4/11/07, John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Sometimes, cold cream, nose oil and all the rubbing in the world will
>> not remove the fungus. It'll look good after you clean in up, but as
>> you hold the lens under reflected light, you'll be able to see where the
>> fungus etched itself permanently into the glass.
>
> Is there any way to determine if the etching has occurred PRIOR to an
> oil treatment?
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