What does he mean?

muddus · Joined: 27 May 2011 Posts: 233 Location: Suomi

what the seller means specks of fungus?

Yashica - contax fit 50mm 1.1.4 slr lens focusing is smooth aperture ring moves perfectly and no oil on the blades and no dents. It as specks of fungus so selling as is. The lens is in working order.

-halli- · Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 9:56 am Post subject:

I think they mean it "has" specks of fungus, not "as"

Selling "as is" means they offer no apologies for the condition of the lens. He is saying "you can't ask for a refund because of the condition of the lens."

The seller has very poor punctuation the points are

focusing is smooth
aperture ring moves perfectly
no oil on the blades
no dents
fungus on lens

Putting it in that format should help if you need to use google translate.

Cistron · Joined: 25 Feb 2011 Posts: 238 Location: London/Vienna

Specks of fungus is unusual, isn't it? I always thought it grows in strands. So maybe it is some weird haze after all.

-halli- · Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 11:11 am Post subject:

ChromaticAberration · Joined: 23 Dec 2010 Posts: 819 Location: Portugal

All you need to make sure is that if the spots where the fungae are located have a green tint, if they do it means you won't able to restore it because the damn critters have already eaten it up, they are etched too deeply.

This doesn't mean it will be an unusable lens, not at all, but you might no like the way it looks.

fuzzywuzzy · Expire: 2013-11-30

Ask for a picture, it's really the only way.

muddus · Joined: 27 May 2011 Posts: 233 Location: Suomi

It was a Yashica 50 / 1.4, and went on ebay really cheap. The seller, there are other "special" specks fungal lenses for sale. One of the Yashica 28 / 2.8