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Does the Oly 14-42 II R come with a cap on the bayonet mount?

Started Mar 18, 2016 | Questions thread
Helen
Helen Veteran Member • Posts: 7,606
Re: Does the Oly 14-42 II R come with a cap on the bayonet mount?
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2raj wrote:

I got a kit Oly 14-42 II R with my E-PM2, and recently I noticed that the bayonet mount was exposed. I don't remember seeing that before, so I wonder if the cap/ring on the mount may have fallen off accidentally.

Does this lens come with a cap on the mount or is it exposed?

This is driving me crazy, wondering if I lost that cap

Can someone check and let me know.

Thanks!

Despite the other answer, if you are talking about the front bayonet (for a lens hood) then yes, there should be a silver (for the silver lens) ring which bayonets over it to complete the look of the lens.  When the camera is brand new, it has its own strip of blue tinted sticky film wrapped around it (that might ring a bell if you bought the camera new).

It's purely a cosmetic item - the previous version of the lens, the 14-42 II (no R in the name) is physically the same lens apart from the pattern of the knurling on the zoom and focus rings, and it never came with that trim ring (though the ring would fit it, if you ever tried).  So it's not a necessity for keeping dust out of any area, or anything like that.

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