EDIT: I was able to clean this myself thanks to your help, here's a video explaining how:
Hello all,
I'm sure someone can tell what this is quickly and explain it to me, I've just never seen it before. My 50mm 1.2 has TONS of little dots on the inside of what appears the front element. This makes the lens lose a lot of contrast and get really glowy, especially with highlights. From what I can tell on the internet it could be some oil from the lens that gets dispersed or potentially a coating problem? Still pretty confused.
I bought the lens from Japan, this was not disclosed, the seller profusely apologized, refunded me the money, and said I could keep the lens. (Yeah, I know, crazy). So now I am searching for a way to get it cleaned professionally. I am seeing a good list of repair places on the sticky thread here, but I wanted to know what it was before I started asking for quotes. Also, if you have any recommendation of a place to take it that is welcome as well.
Thanks!
Last edited by Snapppy; 01-07-2020 at 08:33 PM.