{"id":34031,"date":"2026-04-27T01:03:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T05:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=34031"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:35:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:35:27","slug":"a-pocket-full-of-lenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/a-pocket-full-of-lenses\/","title":{"rendered":"a pocket full of lenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_34032\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/posies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34032\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34032\" src=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/posies-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">some lens cases offered by Leitz over the years: hard leather, bakelite, glove leather, polystyrene<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Toronto<\/strong>. Interchangeable lens cameras need somewhere to put the extra lenses. Often the lens came with a case or one could be purchased.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years these cases (or pockets) were made of various materials: metal (aluminum) for tropical use; bakelite; leather; polystyrene; etc.<\/p>\n<p>Shown at left are a few such cases made by Leitz. Other makers had similar offerings. Some of the lenses in our May 3rd auction include a case of one material or another; some lenses have no case included at all.<\/p>\n<p>Come and join us on May 3rd for our <a href=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/may-3-2026-spring-auction\/\">spring (Estate) auction<\/a>. Parking and admission are free and the folks are friendly. What better way to spend a balmy Sunday afternoon !<\/p>\n<p>NB. The title of the post came to mind with the children&#8217;s playing rhyme, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ring_a_Ring_o%27_Roses\">A Pocket Full of Posies<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto. Interchangeable lens cameras need somewhere to put the extra lenses. Often the lens came with a case or one could be purchased. Over the years these cases (or pockets) were made of various materials: metal (aluminum) for tropical use; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/a-pocket-full-of-lenses\/\">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":[27],"tags":[500,35,34,279],"class_list":["post-34031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auction","tag-accessories","tag-books","tag-cameras","tag-lenses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34031","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=34031"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34035,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34031\/revisions\/34035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}