… On Songwriting

in the unconscious state of mind, you can pull yourself out and throw out two rhymes and work it back. You get the rhymes first and work it back and then see if you can make it make sense in another kind of way. You can still stay in the unconscious frame of mind to pull it off, which is the state of mind you have to be in anyway. –– R. Zimmerman

Using Hasselblad Extension Tubes

Putting Tube On

  1. Remove the lens from the camera
  2. Put the extension tube onto the camera. It will click.
  3. Put the lens onto the Tube. It will click.

Taking Tube Off

  1. Remove the lens from the tube, leaving the tube(s) attached.
  2. Remove the extension tube. (remove them each in order, starting with the one furthest from the body.

An Example Tube Use

150mm lens

With standard helix, you should be able to focus to approximately 1.4 meters.Without any extension tube, you can just fill frame with a square object that measures approximately 15 inches to a side.

The 8mm extension tube lets you fill the frame with objects between 11 and 40 inches.
The 16mm extension tube lets you fill the frame with objects between 8.6 and 20 inches.
The 21mm extension tube (which is no longer made) lets you fill the frame with objects between 7.6 and 15 inches.
The 32mm extension tube lets you fill the frame with objects between 6 and 10 inches.
The 56mm extension tube lets you fill the frame with objects between 4.1 and 5.7 inches.