fungus on all my hassy lenses

[cs_foto]

Yes

I have just noticed (after living for 8 months in the caribbean) that my three lenses are severely infected by fungus... My bad as I really never bothered giving proper storage, they were in a standard shelf in an open space (humid and hot)

I cannot clean them as there is no-one who can service or disassemble the lenses in question...

My only hope is to improve the storage conditions and maybe expose them to heavy sunlight in order to kill the fungus? I understand it is impossible to remove what its already there, but what can I do to stop the fungus from growing?

Thanks

 

[banpreso]

yikes that really sucks!

i guess put it all in a humidity controlled storage case right now until you can find a place to service them.

that really sucks

 

[cs_foto]

At the moment I have moved all lenses to an air-conditioned room (18-20ºC)

Cool and dry place as far as I know

Will this help or make it worst?

 

[jotloob]

I cannot clean them as there is no-one who can service or disassemble the lenses in question...

Fungus on any lens or sensor is an organism that produces acid which destroys the coating of the glass and attacks the glass itself .
Even if you could disassemble your lens , which I would never do , you can not just clean away the fungus from the glass .
If you store your lenses from now on in a "controlled" humidity environment , which is 40%-60% , this will slow down the process of distruction , but will not stop the fungus growing . That is the bad news .
The good news is that the fungus then grows very slow .

I just had the idea , if the fungus could be killed when exposing the lens (glass) to strong ultra violet light .