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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brocknroller" data-source="post: 3227160" data-attributes="member: 665">Frank posted a pretty convincing photo of the unpainted rings. They appear to be bare metal, and some member who sent his back to Nikon was told that there was a "slip up" at the factory, and his was returned with those rings painted. So I'm pretty sure there was a "slip up" with the first batch or two, but the question remains why some people are still experiencing this with new samples? At first I thought it was "old new stock" causing the problem, but then one member shone light into the objective housing and reported that there were no bare metal parts yet his sample still suffered from veiling glare. An enigma wrapped in a mystery roll. Brock</blockquote>