Should I clean the fungus in my lens?
I know that i a pretty dumb question. But heres the thing, I have a Nikon 18-55 mm vr lens which is around 6 months old and now fungus has started growing due to the high humidity in my area. It hasn't spread very much and doesn't show up in any images. When i took it to the repair shop they said, to use for some more time and then repair as cleaning will make it regrow. But I feel a little uncomfortable with that and keep thinking whether it will make the lens unusable. And they told if want they'll clean up.
What should I do? Please help.
Added (1). I got a dry box today!
It is difficult to advise…
I'd say prevention is better than cure… I don't know how you store your gear, your problem might be caused by bad practice, not storing your kit properly.
If you get the lens cleaned professionally and continue to be careless with how you store your kit… Then the fungi will return… You need to find out how to prevent it growing in the first place… Perhaps cleaning it with a lens cloth every now and again would solve your problem… Camera gear doesn't like being neglected for long periods… Especially in warmer or colder climates.
Not sure
If you think that the fungus spread and appear in some images you shot, you should clean them. But you better clean it now though, it could be harder to clean them when they spread already.
Definitely clean it. Besides impacting pictures taken it can spread and weaken sealing parts which can make the fungus spread to places that are even harder to clean and potentially damaging the camera.
Never heard of a permanent way to get rid of fungus in a lens. Suggest you keep using it until it no longer works and then replace the lens with a new one. Keep the new one in your dry box.
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Ditch the lens and get a new one. I know that sounds harsh, but if you keep lenses with fungus then it can spread to other lenses or to other glass areas in the camera. Once it is in the camera it can spread to other lenses more easily.
I would advise replacing it with a Nikon 18-105mm VR which isn't much more expensive than an 18-55mm, but it is sharper and far more flexible.