I got this lens from a charity shop, it’s a healios 44-3. I’ve kept it for years intending to get a camera and adaptor for it one day but it has this sort of cotton strand looking stuff on the middle element.
I know nothing about lenses, is this fixable with a professional clean for example?
Thanks!
11 Comments
Labotomized@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
Looks like some sort of fungus or just dust that made its way in. Might make some cool lens flare to go a long with the already cool Helios effect. I’d say test the lens first before breaking it open to try and remove the debris.
SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Seriously, there's people shooting through filters with vaseline or through plastic bags for character.
Even if this can't be cleaned it's hardly a deal breaker. It's not like you got a helios because you're chasing a perfectly accurate image.
markz@suppo.fi · 9 pts · 1y
Lens fungus?
matterofact@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
I’ve had the lens for like 4 years and it’s stayed the same the whole time. Is it stupid to think about opening it myself and wiping it off with a microfibre cloth?
markz@suppo.fi · 11 pts · 1y
It grows in the glue between the glass, so that won't work. I can't say if it's that for sure though.
CameronDev@programming.dev · 7 pts · 1y
Not necessarily, it could be on the surface of a glass element.
I had a similarly vintage lens that had a lens growth, and was able to clean it with alcohol and a cloth.
Not for the faint of heart though, lens are full of teeny tiny screws, and the aperture blades are super light and easy to dislodge.
matterofact@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
Okay cool thanks, I might take it to a shop and ask for advice. I haven’t actually tested it it might be fine in practice Thanks! :)
thestrangelet@beige.party · 4 pts · 1y
@matterofact Looks like lens mold to me. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens/_fungus
anemoi@mstdn.social · 2 pts · 1y
@matterofact four hemispheres in the process of merging into a two-storey planet.
matterofact@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Haha! I’m talking about the little cluster at the top of the left planet
anemoi@mstdn.social · 1 pts · 1y
@matterofact a disintegrating amoeba?