Is this fungus

[gopal]

Hey All,

I am trying to see if my old minolta lens has fungus. Trying to use my phone to take a picture of the the lens. This is the clearest picture Ive managed so far. Do you think this is fungus or just dust?
Apologies if its not fully in focus, I think far side is, near side not so much. I tried a lot of shots to get one near decent.


Thanks
Gopal

 

[droj]

Dust. Fungus looks spidery.

 

[Sangoma]

It looks like dust except the one bit

 

[Graham W]

I would say the larger (Out of focus?) white spots could be fungus before they "Spiderise".

 

[gopal]

Thanks both!

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

Clean the lens and look again.
Start with a blower
Then a lens brush then with lens cleaning fluid.
No lens should be let get that dirty.
The larger spots are probably droplets where here you fave been huffing or blowing on the lens which is very bad practice as breath is warm and moist.

 

[GreenNinja67]

Clean the lens and look again.
Start with a blower
Then a lens brush then with lens cleaning fluid.
No lens should be let get that dirty.
The larger spots are probably droplets where here you fave been huffing or blowing on the lens which is very bad practice as breath is warm and moist.

That'll be UNDER the glass I expect.

I'm sure the OP would have cleaned it before asking.