Fungus can grow on a lens in just about any environment. The lens barrel is not air-tight and all kinds of spores and other contaminants enter and if not exposed to UV will grow and eat the coating and the glass. This happens more often in semi-tropical climates like southern California, Florida, and etc. but it can and does happen in N. Dakota just the same. I dunno if there is one specific way or not but you can purchase anti-fungal packets which are good for many years. If you place your lens in a zip-lock freezer baggy with the anti-fungal packet inside you should be fine for however long you need to store them.
If you\'re the nervous type, practiced using your lenses is dirty environments (around kept livestock, old musty abandoned buildings, etc.), and additionally live in semi-tropical or tropical climate then you can also buy a UV emitting light and expose your lens to it for a few hours before storage. That might be extreme but it would ensure nothing was alive prior to storage.
Fungus can grow on a lens in just about any environment. The lens barrel is not air-tight and all kinds of spores and other contaminants enter and if not exposed to UV will grow and eat the coating and the glass. This happens more often in semi-tropical climates like southern California, Florida, and etc. but it can and does happen in N. Dakota just the same. I dunno if there is one specific way or not but you can purchase anti-fungal packets which are good for many years. If you place your lens in a zip-lock freezer baggy with the anti-fungal packet inside you should be fine for however long you need to store them.
If you\'re the nervous type, practiced using your lenses is dirty environments (around kept livestock, old musty abandoned buildings, etc.), and additionally live in semi-tropical or tropical climates then you can also buy a UV emitting light and expose your lens to it for a few hours before storage. That might be extreme but it would ensure nothing was alive prior to storage.
Feb 13, 2009 at 01:26 AM
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