Dismanteling a tamron lens to remove fungi

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sxz

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#315102 13-Jun-2024 15:03

Does anyone know how hard it might be to take apart an old lens to remove fungi?

I see a cheap lens on trademe that I could be interested in, not prepared to pay too much for it as I suspect it's a fairly risky proposition to try and take it apart for cleaning.

Anyone have any recomendations?

Link here: https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/electronics-photography/camera-accessories/lenses/sony/listing/4751654976?bof=SdslLOn0

muppet

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#3248462 13-Jun-2024 15:32

Not really a camera lens expert but this (Also going cheap) would probably help dismantle it.

clicknz

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#3248470 13-Jun-2024 15:44

Haha - @muppet

I think every brand of lens (& their individual lenses) are going to be slightly different, but I had great success taking apart and cleaning water drop marks and a small amount of fungus on the lenses of a Canon 70-200 zoom.

Check YouTube - just about everything that can be repaired is probably on there now. Good luck.

Cheers,
Mike

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rhy7s

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#3248562 13-Jun-2024 20:34

I've had lenses serviced by Phototronic before but it might not be worth it you for that lens. Servicing auto-focus lenses tends to be a lot more fiddly to maintain calibration.