Plastic in Summicron 50mm version 4

[Daniel Schutte]

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Hi everyone,

I recently acquired a 50mm Summicron V5 for a pretty good price.

I'm loving the performance but am not a fan of the retractable hood and lack of a focusing tab. Because of this I'm considering switching to a V4, which is optically identical but addresses these points.

My only concern is for the supposed use of plastic parts in the V4, which I have not heard mentioned in relation to the V5. Is it true that plastic was used in the V4? If so, for which parts? Does the V5 also contain plastic (seems odd to switch to plastic for one generation, then revert back in the next)?

I'm also wondering whether the focus tab is plastic, as seems to be the case for all modern Leica lenses.

Thanks in advance.

 

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[Gregm61]

Go to post #9 of this thread and watch the video..

I have both versions 5 (about three years now) and picked up a really nice, Canadian-made version 4 from Leica Store Miami recently that they had Leica service, including 6 bit coding.

Love 'em both.