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I posted this in the "Film" section, didnt get many answers, so hopefully in here may provide a few more.
A few years ago I purchased a few Canon FD lenses 2nd hand, I never inspected them closely and tbh I havent really used them, however I recently purchased a mirrorless cameras and an X to FD adapter. Having taken a few shots with a few of the lenses some of the photos seem to have a "glow" about them and on closer inspection of the lenses I can see quite an amount of dust inside, or it could be fungus I cant really tell.
So, the question is, if it's fungus on some of the lenses will it transfer across to the others via the camera if I use the "dirty, dusty, fungus" ones, something I dont want to do to my other lenses which appear ok or to any new lenses I bought for the mirrorless?
I know there's not much point in trying to get them fixed if its fungus unless they are exotic hard to find/replace lenses and tbh if I have to dump them I wont be heart broken, but a couple are quite nice and I would like the opportunity to use them in the fuji , some appear reasonably clean but if there's any risk of fungus transfer to either lens or camera I'll get rid of them, the lenses have all been stored together in a large plastic box at the bottom of my wardrobe, a separate box to anything else, hopefully a relatively dry environment.
Hope the Admins dont mind a duplicate post but I really dont want to infect my new camera/lenses (although as the camera was 2nd hand I suppose it might already be infected) - Am I worrying too much?
Thanks.
A few years ago I purchased a few Canon FD lenses 2nd hand, I never inspected them closely and tbh I havent really used them, however I recently purchased a mirrorless cameras and an X to FD adapter. Having taken a few shots with a few of the lenses some of the photos seem to have a "glow" about them and on closer inspection of the lenses I can see quite an amount of dust inside, or it could be fungus I cant really tell.
So, the question is, if it's fungus on some of the lenses will it transfer across to the others via the camera if I use the "dirty, dusty, fungus" ones, something I dont want to do to my other lenses which appear ok or to any new lenses I bought for the mirrorless?
I know there's not much point in trying to get them fixed if its fungus unless they are exotic hard to find/replace lenses and tbh if I have to dump them I wont be heart broken, but a couple are quite nice and I would like the opportunity to use them in the fuji , some appear reasonably clean but if there's any risk of fungus transfer to either lens or camera I'll get rid of them, the lenses have all been stored together in a large plastic box at the bottom of my wardrobe, a separate box to anything else, hopefully a relatively dry environment.
Hope the Admins dont mind a duplicate post but I really dont want to infect my new camera/lenses (although as the camera was 2nd hand I suppose it might already be infected) - Am I worrying too much?
Thanks.
