Lens Fungal infection?

[xerome]

Notice what I assume is fungus on my Sony 55-210 today:

Any advise what to do?

 

[alamakazim]

Cheap lens... Not very serious

So ignore

Continue keep in dry cabinet for further deterioration

 

[xerome]

Thanks, my thought process somewhere along that line too. It actually looks to be affecting image quality a bit, slightly hazy, which got me to go clean my lens, that's when i found out =.=

Been keeping my set of lenses in cupboard with dehumidifier since 2012. After noticing this yesterday pulled trigger and bought a dry cabinet lol Luckily no noticible signs of fungus on my other lenses yet.

 

[EJB]

Just dispose off.

The coating is damaged by the fungus already, there is no benefit in repairs as they need to replace the entire set of elements.

 

[Legionchaos]

i too had this issue just screw it and keep using take it as special effects, mine was in dry box all these while

 

[Unclemun]

before spending money on another lens, test the focal lengths where you can see the fungus and avoid the range of focal length when taking photos.