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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brocknroller" data-source="post: 1644117" data-attributes="member: 665">Good thing, they have better coatings than earlier models, though I don't know which year/model the switchover occurred. I had the 501s and the 505s, the 2nd and 5th year they were made. The 505's have more contrast and better color depth. The only SEs newer than yours is the 2007/8 550, which has lead glass. Not sure about the glass on the 505 since they came out the same year Nikon states that it switched over to lead-free glass. It may have already been in "the pipeline" before the switchover to lead-free glass.</blockquote>