Joseph, do not send messages to the list that are all in capital letters because 1) it's considered "shouting," and 2) it won't make it into the digest. I've added a new subject and "downcased" your message. ------- Start of forwarded message ------- >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MR JOSEPH F MESSER) Date Mon, 23 Nov 1998 20:00:30, -0500 Subject NIKON LENS I've been informed that there are some Nikon lenses that are made of a plastic material (for the optics) rather than glass. Is this true and if it is , is the quality equal to glass? ------- End of forwarded message -------