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Life in Your Camera
 
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Picture of fungus in lens

In most cases, life of any kind (including your fingers) should be kept outside of camera equipment. Once in a while, some life forms find enough food in the camera, and can behave very bad if you do not take measures. Fungus in lens can be especially dangerous. Read on.


Top photo: Fungus in Canon 70-210mm/4.0 FD lens. Household lamp for back lighting, Canon 28-105mm EF lens + Nikon 6T close-up lens, f/8.0, tripod. The image was cropped and color has been modified electronically.
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