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I’ve always loved the M lens tab. It enables quick handling and a physical indication of the distance on the lens. One finger to focus. tab centre down = 1.5m, tab fully to the R = infinity, half way between those two = 5m, move to the L and it’s close focus territory (0.7-1.5m). this is important as it’s easy to be moving the lens to almost focus as you lift the camera to your eye. You can instantly return to infinity so next focus comes from infinity as Leica recommend using the RF patch. Whilst walking you can set focus without looking at all at the camera, which is great for street work and zone focus as you can create three zones ‘near’, ‘mid’, ‘far’ and instantly switch between them by the position of the tab. so what to do when a lens doesn’t have a tab? Stick one on with 3M double sided automotive tape (tabs are sold by 7Artisans). They do stay on but I am fairly gentle with my lenses. here’s my line up where only one comes originally with a tab. Laowa D-Dreamer 15mm f2, Leica Summilux M 24mm ASPH, Leica Summilux M ASPH 35mm v1, CV APO-Lanthar 50mm f2, CV Ultron 75mm f1.7. I often hear people saying they miss the tab or should get XX lens as it has a tab, well here is the solution.