{"id":33628,"date":"2026-03-05T01:03:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T05:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=33628"},"modified":"2026-03-01T00:41:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T04:41:30","slug":"its-getting-closer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/its-getting-closer\/","title":{"rendered":"its getting closer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_33629\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/closer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33629\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33629\" src=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/closer-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-33629\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the SOOKY-M for close-ups with the M-series cameras<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Toronto<\/strong>. As Leitz moved to the phenomenally successful M-series cameras, the accessories changed to complement the new line.<\/p>\n<p>A strange &#8216;bug-eyed&#8217; little gadget called a SOOKY-M is just such a wonder. Like the screw mount NOOKY, this gadget gives the M3 a close-up range (various sources give different ratios).<\/p>\n<p>When the Summicron lens was made in the black mount, it was no longer collapsible. It did not fit the SOOKY-M. To solve this, Leitz produced the little ring seen here at right called a &#8216;16508&#8217; that took the unscrewed 5cm Summicron lens out of its focussing mount and changed it to a small bayonet mount just like that on the older chrome collapsible Summicron.<\/p>\n<p>And speaking of getting closer, our Spring Fair debuts this year on May 24th. As we approach the date a poster and other details will be pinned to the top of this site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto. As Leitz moved to the phenomenally successful M-series cameras, the accessories changed to complement the new line. A strange &#8216;bug-eyed&#8217; little gadget called a SOOKY-M is just such a wonder. Like the screw mount NOOKY, this gadget gives the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/its-getting-closer\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1944],"tags":[4853,398,1128,401],"class_list":["post-33628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","tag-acccessories","tag-camera","tag-close-up","tag-lens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33628"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33632,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33628\/revisions\/33632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}