Got ding in my lens

[Evertking]

I was getting my stuff together to go shoot and grabbed my 28mm which was a MINT 28 1.8.. I know to some this is not an expensive lens but to me any lens is expensive. Anyway, I noticed I have a ding in the front element. It's small, real small.. the size of a sharpened pencil tip. Is there a safe way to buff this out? Or just swallow it and keep on shooting. Uhhgg

 

[480sparky]

You can't 'buff it out'. That will just make it worse. If it's really that minor, fuggedabowdit. I probably won't affect your images. Worse case, it lost some $ value if you decide to sell it.

 

[Designer]

A small ding in the coating of the front element may show up as lens flare if the front of the lens is in direct light, but I seriously doubt if you will see any other evidence of it in your photographs. As 480sparky has said, it does affect the resale value.

 

[Derrel]

Nothing I know of that you can do.

 

[dxqcanada]

Cover it up with a black Sharpie to reduce reflection from the edges (if it is a chip).