Metal colored planar , not black painted

[emmanuel_b1]

<p>Hi there,<br>

I just bought in ebay a planar 50mm 1.4 for my Contax AX.<br>

One question:Usually planar for contax are black painted on the front of it , this one is metal colored.<br>

Do you know any reason?<br>

<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/14/%21B7b5VZwB2k%7E$%28KGrHqF,%21l0Ey+jC0j21BM0JjFqiPQ%7E%7E_3.JPG" alt="" width="800" height="600" /></p>

[sumo_kun]

<p>What is the colour of the rest of the lens? It looks like the front ring might just be worn though the paint.<br>

Also I can't tell the colour of the front because it looks like a reflection...<br>

There was a gold version but you would probably know it was a gold version from first sight ;)</p>

[q.g._de_bakker]

<p>Maybe the previous owner likes the 'silver nose' look.<br>

Maybe Zeiss did?<br>

Olympus, and i believe Nikon and Canon sold 'silver nosed' lenses for a while.</p>

[rdm]

<p>Nice, metal is my favorite color. I also like the color of brass and chrome too.</p>

[chuck_foreman1]

Well I don't know how to tell the year of manufacture from the serial number. I have seen the Yashica FX-D in both silver and black so I can only suspect they made both types. As QC said, silver nosed lenses came from other manufacturers too!

Mine is black and has the serial number 6058698. I bet I haven't shot with his lens in over 5 years. I've been distracted with so many other cameras. I shot this a lot when my kids were babies (93-99) and it delivered very nice contrast and beautiful OOFareas. The Planar is just great for this kind of work! Didn't you already have a 50mm MM lens? This is clearly not an MM lens so whatever program function that wasn't working on that lens probably isn't going to work with this one either.