Author Topic: Fungus on the lens...and then some  (Read 1414 times)

astrobeck

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Fungus on the lens...and then some
« on: November 26, 2007, 05:56:10 PM »
The saga continues with the Yashica GTN.

This photo is from a roll shot last month when the Full Moon was very large.

The lens is being etched by fungus, which I've decided can be a good thing, now that I've seen some of the weird effects it can create shooting long night exposures.
And as long as the growth stays on this relatively "cheap" camera and doesn't get any ideas and migrate to my other lenses.

Anyway, enough jabber.
Final decision is I'm keeping the camera as is, and will dedicate it to more artful night scenes.
It also appears to have a light leak.  I could claim it as aurora,   :) but this is looking south, and the science team would oust me to a cloudy place where nary a star shines in the sky! ;)

Camera on tracking mount.
The blob is the Moon and it sits in Sagittarius if you are remotely wondering.




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woodstove

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Re: Fungus on the lens...and then some
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2007, 04:17:29 AM »
Interesting effect. I was shopping for my first TLR the other day and was amazed by the "cloudyness" of some of the older cameras' lenses. I saw some interesting scratches as well, but I can't afford to drop a bunch of money on a gamble, just for the sake of experimentation.

Anyway, great shot!

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Re: Fungus on the lens...and then some
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2007, 04:58:26 AM »
very pink floyd. looks like fun. i should put some fungus on my cameras.
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Re: Fungus on the lens...and then some
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2007, 06:40:34 PM »
I have some on my enlarger lens you can have if you want.... ;)
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Re: Fungus on the lens...and then some
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2007, 11:19:36 AM »
Damn! I can see the future here. Nice.