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Gear Talk => Lens Talk => Topic started by: vashok1 on February 12, 2021, 11:11:26

Title: Lens smudge, is it possible to clean them ?
Post by: vashok1 on February 12, 2021, 11:11:26

Hi.
Well my 60mm 2.8d arrived and it is used one, quite old. And it has I think fungus or dust in it. It does make the picture look hazy.

Is there anyway to remove them ?

Title: Re: Lens smudge, is it possible to clean them ?
Post by: Birna Rørslett on February 12, 2021, 11:21:49

This looks definitively as fungus. If it's on the inside elements, the lens needs to be disassembled and cleaned as soon as possible. If it's on the front element, use windows cleaning spray intended for cleaning mirrors etc.

Title: Re: Lens smudge, is it possible to clean them ?
Post by: vashok1 on February 12, 2021, 11:30:20

Thank you Birna. I will take it to a Nikon service center.

Title: Re: Lens smudge, is it possible to clean them ?
Post by: Chulster on February 12, 2021, 18:13:12

Would it not be better to return it and buy another? If you bought on ebay, fungus is always a sufficient reason for return.

Title: Re: Lens smudge, is it possible to clean them ?
Post by: Birna Rørslett on February 12, 2021, 20:08:12

Getting a lens professionally cleaned can be quite expensive as well. The Micro 60mm f/2.8 is a common enough lens to make it easy to get a better sample.

Title: Re: Lens smudge, is it possible to clean them ?
Post by: Jack Dahlgren on February 12, 2021, 22:46:47

Seriously consider using this opportunity to return the lens.

Title: Re: Lens smudge, is it possible to clean them ?
Post by: vashok1 on February 13, 2021, 10:14:43

I can't return the lens. I bought from a person in one of the classified online groups and he refused to take it back. I paid about USD  200 for this and he had shipped it to me. Anyways, I can't complain now as I had signed for this risk when buying without checking.

I just gave the lens for cleaning at Nikon service center today. In India they charge about USD 20 for cleaning the lens. Let us see if it helps.

Thanks all.
Ashok

Title: Re: Lens smudge, is it possible to clean them ?
Post by: Birna Rørslett on February 13, 2021, 11:10:38

Cross fingers and hope for the best, then.

Title: Re: Lens smudge, is it possible to clean them ?
Post by: Akira on February 13, 2021, 14:06:22

Sorry about your mishap.  The seller may have decided to sell it in the classified online group instead of putting up it on ebay because he didn't want to mention the condition of the lens.  200 USD for that lens with fungus is never a bargain.

Hope the extra 20 USD will pay off!

Title: Re: Lens smudge, is it possible to clean them ?
Post by: richardHaw on February 14, 2021, 01:35:26

https://richardhaw.com/2016/03/27/repair-fungus-cleaning/
thats no smudge, thats fungus :o :o :o

Title: Re: Lens smudge, is it possible to clean them ?
Post by: Peter on March 17, 2021, 16:45:41

Yeah you got burned!!
But the Fungus looks like that feathery spider web looking fungus, not the etching type. Easy to clean with Hydrogen Peroxide.
I cleaned a rear element of my 135mm f3.5 Nikkor I paid $10.00 at a thrift store with it and it looked like it was never there.
$20.00 is a good price if they get it cleaned up..