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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hauksen" data-source="post: 3595674" data-attributes="member: 142861">Hi Etudiant,Hopefully due to a beautiful vacation in a remote place! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I'm not so reliably online currently myself, my provider unplugged the wrong cables and is not able or willing to fix it. Best described by paraphrasing Arthur C. Clarke:  "Incompetence, when developed to a high degree, is indistinguishable from malevolence."Oh, that's odd. On all my European Nikon optics, I have a clearly indicated serial number. The screw thread on my ED50s is metal too, there's just a plastic piece that closes off the bottom of the metal foot to make it look nicer which has come off on my ED50A. Not a functional restriction, and it would be easy to glue it on again.That's a pity, in my experience their optics offer very good value for the money.Very good point! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> On the Kowa TSN-883, there is even an accessory thread around the base of the eyepiece mount that would seem suitable for mounting a (still to-be-designed) adapter outside of the stay-on case.Regards,Henning</blockquote>