Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>>> i wonder if there is any remarkable difference of quality between lens caps "made in canada" and german-made lens caps? could the quality of lens be improved, if they will be produced with a red dot? ;-) <<<< Well, I certainly hesistate to bring up the old-vs.-new question again, but there is (I believe) certainly a difference between the old metal lenscaps and the new plastic ones (in my opinion). The older metal lenscaps with "Leica" in beautiful script stamped in them and a strip of velvet to provide friction seem (to me) to be better made, and (personally, just me) I find metal to be a more pleasing material than black molded plastic. ***DISCLAIMER***DISCLAIMER***DISCLAIMER*** DISCLAIMER: the above is the writer's opinion exclusively, and should not be construed as an endorsement of metal, lenscaps, the word "Leica," or the Way They Made Old Things In The Good Old Days; nor does it constitute a claim that the reader should consider the old lenscaps to be better than the new lenscaps, especially if the reader believes that everything Leica does now is done for a reason and is therefore, by definition, above reproach. <g>