kwahaus

I second this. As an art director/creative director for the 35 years, cheap stock photography has hurt more than anything. I used to have $15-$20,000 photo budgets for annual reports. Now it's just...

Full disclosure, I am able to shoot enough part-time paid gigs to pay for my gear. If it were only a hobby, it would be difficult to have what I have. Hopefully more paid assignments will come along.

Anders_Nilsson, thanks for the chuckle. 'Loaded'? That's funny. You did notice my main/best camera was introduced nearly eight years ago? And if you haven't noticed, many of the newest Sony lenses ...

Thanks for the suggestions. I think that is exactly what I've decided to do. Get a dry cabinet to protect current and future gear and get another SAL 1650. I really like that lens and don't think ...

I started this thread assuming I had a fungus in my lens but after additional reading, I’m wondering if the problem is actually balsam separation? If it is balsam separation, is that not a defect ...

I believe you may be right. I will correct the storage issue (either other location or electric dry cabinet) and replace the lens. The good news is that with proper storage, any replacement should ...

Perhaps so. I used to have a client that manufactured, among other things, socks for diabetics that had thin copper threads woven into the material to act as an anti-fungal and anti-bacterial.

Thanks, good info. Expensive lesson.

I just checked the humidity level in my basement and it is 65%. Target for lenses is 4045%? Guess I'll be buying an electronic dry cabinet since I have a few thousand dollars worth of lenses. Rugga ...

I'll look for a proper lens dehumidifier. I store my camera equipment in the basement and run a dehumidifier, but I guess I need something specific for lenses. If I keep the humidity low, what is ...

Copper?

I LOVE my 16-50 2.8 SSM that came with my A77, but it looks like it now has fungus. I've been reading a few posts and this seems to be a common problem — and the only option is repair/replacement ...

As a general rule, anytime you've made a bunch of changes in the menu/functions, and things get 'messed up' — reset the camera to its factory defaults. You will have to go back and redo some of ...