FZ 1000 tiny spots on lens

I guess from this description, no one knows. Not sure I can get a picture of them but I'll try.

jim said:

I guess from this description, no one knows. Not sure I can get a picture of them but I'll try.

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Jim, I agree that if you could post a picture it would probably help but about the only thing I can think of is that there may be a defect in the lens coating.

Not sure what you're using to clean your lens but there are some things that can be hard on the coatings.

I've owned quite a few lenses over the years and, for me, a Lenspen is about the best thing I've found for cleaning.

Anyway, try to post a picture and maybe someone else will have a better answer for you.

https://lenspen.com/

Good luck

OK, this is the best I could do and, other than size, it's not very representative. You have to hold the lens at just the correct angle with the light. In this picture the spots look like dust but they're not and don't look like dust. They sort of glisten but I don't mean sparkle. Perhaps lustrous is a better term.

I use a lenspen to clean my lenses.

jim said:

OK, this is the best I could do and, other than size, it's not very representative. You have to hold the lens at just the correct angle with the light. In this picture the spots look like dust but they're not and don't look like dust. They sort of glisten but I don't mean sparkle. Perhaps lustrous is a better term.

I use a lenspen to clean my lenses.

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Yes, I agree it's not dust and not from any cleaning method.

I hope someone who has experience with something like this will respond.

It almost looks like it could have been caused from humidity/moisture getting inside the lens but that's just a wild guess and I really have no idea.

Sorry I couldn't help but maybe with the posted picture someone will have an answer.

Well, the good news is that they probably don't affect the lens' performance significantly.

All these tiny dots can do by themselves is to reduce overall contrast by a TINY amount.

I learned Photography from my Dad starting about 70 years ago: he was a harsh teacher and a true cheapskate: he LOOKED FOR lenses with slight scratshes and spots such as you seem to have - "Talked down" the lenses to the seller and, seemingly reluctant, he'd agree to buy them "Until he could find better" and then use them for years, gloating all the while what a deal he'd gotten.

Really, all such tiny spots will do is reduce contrast in un-noticeable amounts.

Often, back in those days, good "optical glass" (Zeiss, Leitz, Goertz, Rodenstock, etc.) often had tiny bubbles in the glass itself: GOLLY could Dad talk down the prices of those "Defective" lenses.!

This does not apply if the area surrounding the spots looks "soft' as in the posted photos - but I think that is just out-of-focus light, not a haze on the glass itself.

The spots, as such, are not worth worrying about by themselves.



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Many years ago I hsd a Kowa 6 x 6 and one of the lens had a realy big hit leaving a star shaped blemish , I remember being amazed that it was hard to detecct on the print, so don't worry.

jim said:

OK, this is the best I could do and, other than size, it's not very representative. You have to hold the lens at just the correct angle with the light. In this picture the spots look like dust but they're not and don't look like dust. They sort of glisten but I don't mean sparkle. Perhaps lustrous is a better term.

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Having checked out your Flickr pictures, perhaps this thread - re hibiscus pollen on the photographer's lens - might be of interest...


Peter

Ed B said:

jim said:

OK, this is the best I could do and, other than size, it's not very representative. You have to hold the lens at just the correct angle with the light. In this picture the spots look like dust but they're not and don't look like dust. They sort of glisten but I don't mean sparkle. Perhaps lustrous is a better term.

I use a lenspen to clean my lenses.

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Yes, I agree it's not dust and not from any cleaning method.

I hope someone who has experience with something like this will respond.

It almost looks like it could have been caused from humidity/moisture getting inside the lens but that's just a wild guess and I really have no idea.

Sorry I couldn't help but maybe with the posted picture someone will have an answer.

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It appears to me the same dots (substance) is on the edge of the lens outside the front element. I'd guess this is not an internal lens issue.

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One Armed Photographer said:

It appears to me the same dots (substance) is on the edge of the lens outside the front element. I'd guess this is not an internal lens issue.

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Those spots outside the lens are dust.

Isola Verde said:

Having checked out your Flickr pictures, perhaps this thread - re hibiscus pollen on the photographer's lens - might be of interest...

Peter

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Interesting. I guess that's possible. The lens never touches the flower and I clean my lens regularly.