“It’s small. Leica Elmar small. Nice.” Followed immediately by, “Jeez, the lens hood is huge.” It about doubles the length of the lens, and I refused to use it 99% of the time. Due to the size, the lens wasn’t really going to be heavy, but it feels weighted enough to give a sense of quality. It doesn’t feel cheap, and it doesn’t look cheap. The barrel, hood, filter thread, focus ring, and aperture ring are all anodized aluminum. The mount, as well as the internal focusing mechanism is metal, though it should be said that during operation, and especially close focusing, a portion of the internals does expose from the front, making for a sort of strange protrusion, and means it’s not truly IF (inner focusing).