Re: [OT] Lens Fungus

["Gary Cullen/Karoline Cullen" <gcullen@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Brian
You should try a little brass polish on the lens surfaces with fungus.
Dampen a soft cloth with the polish (after shaking it well) and wipe it with
just a little pressure for maybe 6-10 circular wipes then let it dry and
wipe off the excess. You don't want to over do it because you could make the
surface hazy. I've had pretty good success with Brasso brand, I just did a
Rolleidoscop for a friend that had fungus in it and it cleaned up very well.
If you're worried about getting into it and resetting the focus send it to
me and I'll see what I can do, no charge of course.
Gary Cullen
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Reynolds <reynolds@xxxxxxxxx>
To: rkymtmem-3d@xxxxxxxx <rkymtmem-3d@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, November 23, 1998 8:39 PM
Subject: [OT] Lens Fungus


>I just received a Zeiss Ikon Nettar 515/2 that I won on an Ebay
>auction recently.  No, I'm not trying to bring the Ebay debate to this
>list.  :)
>
>Unfortunately there is a considerable amount of fungus on the lens.
>It's on an element that is behind the front focusing element, but in
>front of the shutter.  A local camera store told me that it wasn't
>worth what I would have to pay them to have them try and clean it.  I
>swabbed at it with a Q-tip and alcohol, but I don't think I did any
>good.  I haven't tried removing this element from the shutter (it's
>held in by a C clip).  I'm going to run a roll of film through it and
>see how bad things are.
>
>Does anybody have any idea how hard it would be to find another camera
>of this model with a bad body and a good lens so that I could do a
>lens swap?  Other than the lens the camera is in pretty nice shape.
>("Other than the fact that he is missing his heart, the patient is in
>remarkably good physical condition.")
>
>By the way, on the shutter there is a red dot between f/11 and f/16
>and another red dot on the focusing element between 8m and 15m.  What
>are these dots for?  Do they indicate a general "best" setting for
>taking pictures (perhaps a hyperfocal setting for the lens' best
>aperture)?
>
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