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G1x mark iii foreign object inside the lens, has this happened to anyone else?

Started 4 months ago | Questions thread
AdamT
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Thoughts --->
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Thoughts

1:- it`s got in there during use - Zoom lenses need to "breathe" , despite weathersealing, air needs to get in and out as the lens extends and retracts , a tiny fibre (seen here magnified by the lens elements) could have got in under outdoor conditions - it`s rudimentary sealed not a diving camera

2:- it was in there from assembly and moved about - well it does happen, these things aren`t assembled in an environmentally sealed clean room

I think option 1 is the most likely , unless its making marks on the images at sensible apetures (up to F8) I`d carry on and forget about it

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