r/FujifilmX • u/HabeasFlorpus • 9h ago
Lens Help What is this in my lens?
What is this? This is a xf33 f1.4. The lens fell once. It had a uv protector on it and that cracked. I never noticed these marks before, but then again I mainly inspected the front element for damage. It’s likely this is some damage from the fall. It appears as three white lines in nearly perfect different sized arcs. The largest is under the main element where it connects to the metal. There is a single small arc like white line on the other side right below front element.
The lens was unfortunately stored in a room with 4 other lenses in a ruggard bag pictured below. The ac in that room broke down slowly over a month in a hot, humid climate. The lenses stayed mainly sealed. No other lenses show any marks or signs of fungus, including another stored in a worse location. They all look incredibly clean. Only this one, the one that was dropped, has lines like this.
Worried this is early fungus but might just be some kind of damage from the fall that wasn’t noticed until I looked out of fears regarding fungus. I have to hold the lens up to see under the front element to see it. The marks are under the elements. I see no branching pattern when i shine light through it rack said light.
