On Mon, 26 Oct 1998 17:07:12 -0500, Fabian Wong wrote:

>For those who have the Nikon series E lens. I was wondering what the
>difference was between the earlier E series lenses with the black
>plastic depth of field ring and the later E series lenses with the
>chrome depth of field ring ?
>
>Is there any difference in quality, optical formula etc. Or is it purely
>cosmetic ?

Cosmetic, as far as I can tell - I've seen no differences otherwise.
(I recently had the choice of two 100mm E lenses, mint, with equal
[wonderful] optics, but different cosmetics - I decided to go
"funky" and keep the older version...;-)