magicianhisoka
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Heya guys, a buddy of mine asked me what this was and I was pretty stumped as to how to answer him. Anyone can shed more light on this? He took it on an iphone 4 with a "magnifier" lens so pardon the quality.
Any help would be appreciated!
What is this? by GeraldChew, on Flickr
Any help would be appreciated!
What is this? by GeraldChew, on Flickr
sevo
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Traces of past condensation - that is, dried up dirt, salts and grease film. People often believe it to be fungus, but unless a strong macro shot or loupe inspection shows hyphae between the dots, that dotted type of condensation is rather unlikely to be superinfected with fungus - if any, there might be bacterial or algae growth involved, but having gone over a few findings with a microscope I could not spot these either...
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magicianhisoka
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Thanks Sevo. He also mentioned its not obvious under normal sunlight. He really had to go up close to see it. Thanks for the input 
What lens is this?
Some lenses have problems with the lens coating "flaking" off, infamous white dots like this. It was a problem on some of the Minolta m-Mount lenses.
Some lenses have problems with the lens coating "flaking" off, infamous white dots like this. It was a problem on some of the Minolta m-Mount lenses.
magicianhisoka
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It's an avenon 28mm 3.5 so nope, not a Minolta but definitely a Japanese lens
If it is old condensation leaving haze, should come wight off if you can get to the surface.
If it is coating damage- just use it with a shade and be wary of srong backlighting.
If it is coating damage- just use it with a shade and be wary of srong backlighting.
magicianhisoka
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Thanks Brian. Will let my buddy know. Hopefully its something that can be cleaned