Fungal growing in lenses?

[Jack]

I found somewhere that there is a chance that in the lenses can grow some kind of fungal, which i think I've seen such of discussion here on forum.

I would like to ask how this can happen and how can i prevent this?

Thanks

 

[lovitazoe]

Happened to me before! I think mine was because the lens exposed with a little bit of raindrops and dust. The worst thing was I tried to clean it with a cotton bud and baby oil . I brought it to service center before it was getting worse.

 

[Jack]

Happened to me before! I think mine was because the lens exposed with a little bit of raindrops and dust. The worst thing was I tried to clean it with a cotton bud and baby oil . I brought it to service center before it was getting worse.

So what is this all about? Its just dust inside or what? Because I'm still confused a bit, also concerned about my lenses too.

 

[lovitazoe]

So what is this all about? Its just dust inside or what? Because I'm still confused a bit, also concerned about my lenses too.

I think it's a combination of dust and moisture which stick on the lens/camera body, never cleaned, and rarely being used. Dust and water will become food and drink for fungus to thrive and will eventually damage our cameras and lenses.

 

[Sergey Prokofiev]

We are surrounded by billions of spores of fungi and mold and they, like dust, get inside the lens. And if a favorable environment for growth is created, then they germinate. If moisture gets inside such as condensation when you bring the camera to a warm place from the cold.

P.S. Sorry for my English...)

 

[Jack]

Thanks for your reply Sergey Prokofiev , lovitazoe . So is there any way to prevent that happen to lenses? Does this affect all lenses or just old once ?

 

[Sergey Prokofiev]

In old ones, more debris accumulates during use, so this happens more often with old ones.

 

[Jack]

In old ones, more debris accumulates during use, so this happens more often with old ones.

I was starting to worry about my new lenses. Which aren't very old, maybe couple of years, but all dust and water sealed. Can they be affected too?

 

[Sergey Prokofiev]

I was starting to worry about my new lenses. Which aren't very old, maybe couple of years, but all dust and water sealed. Can they be affected too?

I read about this in one of the articles on the Internet, I did not come across it myself. You have a very humid climate, which is favorable for the growth of fungi and mold. But in fact, this is a great rarity.

 

[Jack]

I read about this in one of the articles on the Internet, I did not come across it myself. You have a very humid climate, which is favorable for the growth of fungi and mold. But in fact, this is a great rarity.

In UK the humidity is very high. I still keep my lenses in their manufacture bags. Idk, is that having some silica can prevent or minimise the risk?