Considering buying a used Fujifilm 16mm F1. 4 but the listing says ‘fungus growth inside lens, does not affect image quality. Priced accordingly.’ How worried should I be?
Considering buying a used Fujifilm 16mm F1. 4 but the listing says ‘fungus growth inside lens, does not affect image quality. Priced accordingly.’ How worried should I be?
If you’re up for it and the price is cheap enough, it can be surprisingly easy to strip a lens down and clean the fungus. Need a few special tools but not too expensive. Youtube is your friend!
This. I’ve watched lens teardowns on YT, and it doesn’t look terribly difficult I’m sure it depends on the lens. And I don’t know that I’d want to learn on $2000.00 lens. But if the price is right, get it, learn to clean it, and have a new lens and skill.