what does lens mold look like?
Apr 5, 2016 10:05:52 #
Just noticed 3 weird marks on the inside of my favorite lens! I can't feel anything - it does not seem to be a scratch. It seems to be on the inside. I'll try to show a picture. I was wondering if it could be mold? If so - is there anything I can do? If I send it back to canon can they clean it?
the 3 little white lines
Apr 5, 2016 10:18:21 #
TommiRulz wrote:
Just noticed 3 weird marks on the inside of my favorite lens! I can't feel anything - it does not seem to be a scratch. It seems to be on the inside. I'll try to show a picture. I was wondering if it could be mold? If so - is there anything I can do? If I send it back to canon can they clean it?
You mean those aren't reflections? It looks like stuff, metal flakes or something. Mold would look like mold, round fuzzy, alive. Are the white areas actually shaped as rectangular bars? Yes, Canon might have to take the lens apart to clean or fix it.
Apr 5, 2016 10:42:31 #
lamiaceae wrote:
You mean those aren't reflections? It looks like stuff, metal flakes or something. Mold would look like mold, round fuzzy, alive. Are the white areas actually shaped as rectangular bars? Yes, Canon might have to take the lens apart to clean or fix it.
They are not relections - (the white lines are there - the purple mark is a reflection) It does very straight and rectangular, not round and fuzzy. That is why I was confused. But I have never seen lens mold before so I did not know.
I have senior portraits sittings all week !! YIKES
Apr 5, 2016 10:42:53 #
TommiRulz wrote:
Just noticed 3 weird marks on the inside of my favorite lens! I can't feel anything - it does not seem to be a scratch. It seems to be on the inside. I'll try to show a picture. I was wondering if it could be mold? If so - is there anything I can do? If I send it back to canon can they clean it?
If you mean the three little dots along the edge of the lens ? They look like bubbles in the adhesive that they bond the lens together with. They look too uniform for mold....They won't have any affect on your photos.....
Apr 5, 2016 10:48:27 #
Go take a picture or two that should resolve your worry one way or the other.
Apr 5, 2016 11:02:50 #
alandg46 wrote:
Go take a picture or two that should resolve your worry one way or the other.
Good step to take in troubleshooting the condition --- see if these "marks" (?) show up in some images. If not, then don't worry about it.
Apr 5, 2016 11:41:17 #
My Coolpix 7100 has gradually acquired quite a lot of dirt under the top lens element. It looks awful but the images are OK. That said, we rarely use it because the lens cover leaves have become balky and must be opened by hand.
Apr 5, 2016 11:45:52 #
TommiRulz wrote:
Just noticed 3 weird marks on the inside of my favorite lens! I can't feel anything - it does not seem to be a scratch. It seems to be on the inside. I'll try to show a picture. I was wondering if it could be mold? If so - is there anything I can do? If I send it back to canon can they clean it?
TommiRulz,
Normally internal lens mold looks like dead shrubs in the desert. To see them you need a second magnifying lens to look through the prime lens with a white sheet background. Then you adjust the magnifier to focus on each glass element in the prime lens. What you see is the silhouette of the mold growth.
Internal lens mold must be removed by an authorized repair station. Small amounts of mold will not affect the captured picture, the mold is not on the focal point of the subject to film plain.
What you see in the photo sample looks more like light reflections from when the lens photo was captured, but could be lens coatings missing from the surface of the exit lens, or separations of the adhesive gluing various elements together.
To test your lens for abnormal captures make a couple of photos; one using a white card, another a gray card. Place a reference mark on the cards to focus on, and compare both photographs for any abnormalities.
Michael G
Apr 5, 2016 14:35:43 #
Armadillo wrote:
TommiRulz, br br Normally internal lens mold look... (show quote)
Thanks for the tip - I'll go do that before I start the seniors today.
Apr 5, 2016 15:14:07 #
Apr 6, 2016 05:35:56 #
TommiRulz wrote:
They are not relections - (the white lines are there - the purple mark is a reflection) It does very straight and rectangular, not round and fuzzy. That is why I was confused. But I have never seen lens mold before so I did not know.
I have senior portraits sittings all week !! YIKES
I have senior portraits sittings all week !! YIKES
I was just being clear about that. I've never seen white "marks" like that either. The Purple and any other multicolored lens coating reflections or ghosts are normal to view off a lens surface.
Mold can be a real problem. But that does not look like your issue. You might want to consult with camera repair, even to only identify the issue even if the white marks do not show in images from that camera.
Apr 6, 2016 07:24:40 #
TommiRulz wrote:
Just noticed 3 weird marks on the inside of my favorite lens! I can't feel anything - it does not seem to be a scratch. It seems to be on the inside. I'll try to show a picture. I was wondering if it could be mold? If so - is there anything I can do? If I send it back to canon can they clean it?
Leave the lens in a warm, dark, humid place for a couple of months. If the condition gets worse, it's mold.
Obviously(?), I'm only kidding.
A dirty lens, inside or out, isn't thank big a deal.
http://photographylife.com/what-to-do-with-dust-inside-lens
http://kurtmunger.com/dirty_lens_articleid35.html
http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2008/10/front-element-scratches
Apr 6, 2016 07:29:41 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Leave the lens in a warm, dark, humid place for a couple of months. If the condition gets worse, it's mold.
Obviously(?), I'm only kidding.
A dirty lens, inside or out, isn't thank big a deal.
http://photographylife.com/what-to-do-with-dust-inside-lens
http://kurtmunger.com/dirty_lens_articleid35.html
http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2008/10/front-element-scratches
Obviously(?), I'm only kidding.
A dirty lens, inside or out, isn't thank big a deal.
http://photographylife.com/what-to-do-with-dust-inside-lens
http://kurtmunger.com/dirty_lens_articleid35.html
http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2008/10/front-element-scratches
Ha ha - well I'm in South Texas - it is humid every day !!! I had to use it yesterday for a senior portrait shoot and the pictures seem fine. Since the only camera store in our town is Best Buy - I'll just use it for a while and see how it does.
THANKS for the links
Apr 6, 2016 07:30:02 #
Depending on the humidity in your area and how you store the lens so are the possibilities of developing fungus inside the lens elements.
I keep my lenses in a cooler where I place in a container with a desiccant. I check and change the desiccant periodically. At times, when there is not a strong sunlight and when the temperature of the lens is similar to that outside I expose the lens surface to the sun for a few minutes. Be very careful here because if the lens has been kept in AC and you expose it like so without achieving the outside temperature it is very possible that the internal glass could crack. Fungus hates sunlight but keeping the lenses with a desiccant is a very effective way of avoiding fungus formation.
In places where the humidity is very low using a desiccant is not necessary if the lenses are not kept in a closed and dark environment.
I keep my lenses in a cooler where I place in a container with a desiccant. I check and change the desiccant periodically. At times, when there is not a strong sunlight and when the temperature of the lens is similar to that outside I expose the lens surface to the sun for a few minutes. Be very careful here because if the lens has been kept in AC and you expose it like so without achieving the outside temperature it is very possible that the internal glass could crack. Fungus hates sunlight but keeping the lenses with a desiccant is a very effective way of avoiding fungus formation.
In places where the humidity is very low using a desiccant is not necessary if the lenses are not kept in a closed and dark environment.
Apr 7, 2016 08:18:36 #
rjriggins11
Loc: Colorado Springs, CO
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I'd be more than happy to repair the lens for you and keep the cost as low as possible. If youre interested, please respond by private message or simply reply to this post.
I'd be more than happy to repair the lens for you and keep the cost as low as possible. If youre interested, please respond by private message or simply reply to this post.
TommiRulz wrote:
Just noticed 3 weird marks on the inside of my favorite lens! I can't feel anything - it does not seem to be a scratch. It seems to be on the inside. I'll try to show a picture. I was wondering if it could be mold? If so - is there anything I can do? If I send it back to canon can they clean it?
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