Protecting your lenses.
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The lens that spends most time on my camera is the 18-180. It suffers a little from chromatic aberration at the 18 and 180 ends but is reasonable in the middle. Its a standard lens not a high-end lens.
On a resent trip I had a lot of trouble focusing the lens and even more trouble getting a sharp image. When I got home I had a very close look at the lens with a hand-held microscope. Sadly the lens has fungi. A good look at the other lens that was in the camera bag and yes, fungus. Normally I take the lenses out of the bag, dry them off and sit them on a dry shelf in my heated office. Obviously I didn't take enough care this time.
Now I will just have to buy that new lens I've been eying off.
Which leads to the question, how do you store your camera lenses?
On a resent trip I had a lot of trouble focusing the lens and even more trouble getting a sharp image. When I got home I had a very close look at the lens with a hand-held microscope. Sadly the lens has fungi. A good look at the other lens that was in the camera bag and yes, fungus. Normally I take the lenses out of the bag, dry them off and sit them on a dry shelf in my heated office. Obviously I didn't take enough care this time.
Now I will just have to buy that new lens I've been eying off.
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Which leads to the question, how do you store your camera lenses?