Does this lens have fungus or haze?

[gregarpp]

Looks like fungus to me... any thoughts...

If it is haze... I will have a real bargain lens.. otherwise... off to ebay

 

[yossarian]

Fungus has a more fiber and web-like appearance. In one of the shots it looked a
bit like someone's fingerprint in oil on the optical surface.

Fred

 

[gregarpp]

Thats what it sorta looks like... but I don't think it is..

Maybe I will just send it out to be cleaned...

 

[gregarpp]

I ment sorta looks like a fingerprint

 

[gregarpp]

The lens is a 1959 Leitz Summicron 35mm/2.0
The outer optics look perfect (had front filter and rear cap)

I am not sure the value of the lens.. I paid $50 (garage type sale)

 

[Ronald M]

Haze is uniform. This will not come out with cleaning. Been there, done that with the same lens. Evidently this develops with time. mine is much less severe and I still use it, but there a a dozen of these whitish spots that don`t clean.

It is a parts lens or trash. E Bay it and you will get a bad rating

 

[gregarpp]

I never knew selling items for parts or repair on ebay gets you a bad rating...

I thought the bad ratings came when one lies about the condition....

 

[doubs43]

Fungus will generally appear to be a central spot with many roads radiating outward. I just "treated" a 50mm f/1.9 LTM Serenar yesterday that had a fairly large "web" of fungus. A Q-Tip and Windex did the trick. Fortunately, the lens had not been etched so there was no damage that I could see.

Walker

 

[gregarpp]

I took the front off the lens.. The markings came right off.

There are some more in the assembled rear element.. not sure if these will wipe off. This is not a job for me.. I am going to send it out.. see what happens

 

[Kim Coxon]

This looks more like some form of sublimation of the lubricant. It should be able to be professionally cleaned. A tip I learnt ftom CRR in Luton is that it must be "wet" cleaned. If you try to "dry" clean it with a cloth, you are likely to make it so bad that the element will need to be re-polished and recoated.

Kim

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Yep, not haze. Hmm...I've seen an Elmar with this "condition", if you're right, Kim, then I may have found me-self a bargain.