Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No, the plastic slip-on cap was introduced earlier than that. My German produced 35/2 fourth version had a plastic slip-on cap (early nineties). All the lenses that took the 12585 cap used a slip-on plastic cap that fit on the reversed cap (sixties). Of course all the CL lenses had plastic caps as did the Tele-Elmarit (seventies). Finally, the new version of the 50/2.8 has a metal cap whether it is a black or silver lens. As to a quality difference in the new 28/2.8 Asph, it is one of the few times Leica has replaced a lens and the replacement is significantly cheaper. As the lens it replaced didn't have an Aspherical element, I think they must have cut back somewhere. If I get a 28, it will be non-Asph F2.8 or the Summicron. John Collier On 10-Mar-07, at 5:39 PM, Vick Ko wrote: > I thought when I bought a new 50f2.8, the cap felt like plastic. I > think > the standard cap for 39mm lenses was introduced in plastic a few > years ago > with the new 50/2.8.