Maybe. That is an interesting thought. Not everything is good though, but the things that were built to last were great. Because this old lens you can feel is made to last. It has no plastic and a very smooth focusing ring. Most of the photographs on my blog are taken with it. And on a different topic but still about this strange lens, I do not think I would have gotten where I am now with photography if I did not stumble upon that lens. Life is weird sometimes.