{"id":33633,"date":"2026-03-06T01:03:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T05:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=33633"},"modified":"2026-03-01T17:07:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T21:07:23","slug":"all-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/all-in-a-row\/","title":{"rendered":"all in a row"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_33634\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/extension.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33634\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33634\" src=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/extension-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"119\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-33634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">extension tubes for screw-mount Leica signed by Leitz NY<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Toronto<\/strong>. Those wanting to make the odd close-up but not wanting to pay for fancy accessories resorted to extension tubes &#8211; those tubes that fit between the camera body and lens to extend the lens for closer subjects.<\/p>\n<p>Most camera makers with interchangeable lens cameras made or had available extension tubes of various lengths. In the case shown, these tubes are signed by Leitz New York. The tubes are used with the little screw-mount Leicas.<\/p>\n<p>While they solved the &#8216;dollar&#8217; problem, extension tubes raised a couple of other issues: distance \u00a0from lens front to subject; and area framed. Various tables, and careful measurements helped out here. Plus a tripod &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Our Spring Fair is coming up this May 24th, a week after the Victoria day long weekend in Ontario. While we can&#8217;t say you will find Leitz NY extension tubes \u00a0&#8211; or any other make &#8211; there, we can say you will find many interesting items, some of which will add to your collection and user gear. As the fair date approaches, we will be pinning a poster with details to the top of this site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto. Those wanting to make the odd close-up but not wanting to pay for fancy accessories resorted to extension tubes &#8211; those tubes that fit between the camera body and lens to extend the lens for closer subjects. Most camera &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/all-in-a-row\/\">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":[500,34,400,279],"class_list":["post-33633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","tag-accessories","tag-cameras","tag-fair","tag-lenses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33633","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=33633"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33637,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33633\/revisions\/33637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}