Check with some of the NY pros. They can steer you to a repair place. Or ask one of the countermen at B&H. This is an easy fix. Any competent repair facility can handle it. I dont' think storing lenses in bags is a good idea unless you have silicate gel packets in the bag as well. You need something to suck up the moisture. Paul On Aug 30, 2006, at 10:29 PM, Amita Guha wrote:
> That's the weird thing...it's been stored in closed Lowepro bags, the > same as all my other lenses, and this is the only one showing any > fungus (I checked). Believe it or not, I've never found a camera > repair place that I liked in NY. I went to the website of Pentax' > authorized repair place in NY for an estimate, and they wrote me back > and told me they couldn't do it. > > Amita > > On 8/30/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It's fungus. You can probably take it to a local camera repair >> facility. Norm Frosier's New York Camera would have been perfect, but >> they're gone. But you must have some good repair facilities in NY. >> It's just a simple disassembly and cleaning. But you need to look at >> how you're storing your equipment. This must have been in a humid >> room. >> Paul >> On Aug 30, 2006, at 10:07 PM, Amita Guha wrote: >> >>> I was photographing my silver 77m Ltd for a buyer when I discovered >>> some odd sort of fogging behind the rear element. A few people on >>> this >>> list have seen this, but I'd like to hear from others. It's the last >>> photo: >>> >>> http://www.sunny16.net/77.html >>> >>> I guess it's obvious that I'll have to send it to Pentax for a >>> cleaning, but I was wondering if any of you had seen anything like >>> this before. It's a little odd. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Amita >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
