I have a few spots of mould on an expensive lens Is there any one in Sydney that can clean it profesionaly ?
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have you tried leaving it in full sun for a day? i know people with older lenses use this method to kill off mold / fungus
I've heard of people trying sunlight, it doesn't work well in Britain for fairly obvious reasons, but also most of the sun's UV is blocked fairly well by glass, and it won't clean out any damage the fungus has done. My impression is that it may work if the fungus is close to the outer elements, but not if it's deep inside. Something I've thought of doing a few times is building a proper UV sterilizing box with a UV-C light (which does work through glass to some extent) with interlocks to make it impossible to open it with the lamp turned on. There might be heat problems and I would be a bit worried about trying this with lenses that have internal electronics because it might possibly zap them, but it might be a good answer for older glass/metal lenses. But even then there might be damage left after the fungus is zapped.
