Replacing A Library Is Difficult

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There Was A Time

When I began in photography, I collected books, pamphlets, exhibition catalogs, even announcements. I told myself that if I collected them, then I would have a better, bigger, fuller set of internal shots. To a point, that was true. It was stored in what I called the brown room, taking up more than half the third floor in my house. Too much to move when we went west, it was sold, given, or discarded.

It wasn’t the first library I had thrown away. It was, maybe, the third or fourth. Now, I am rebuilding some of it. Too bad that so much of what I find smells of age, smells old, that must and dust smell.

5B4

At 5B4 a sale is, or will be, happening this weekend. It looks as though s/he is planning a change. Wish I could hop that big ole jet airliner and take it all away. If you are in Chelsea, stop by and buy something. Start filling your own brown room.
Try not to ever sell it.

What Film Is Available?

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What is made by the big boys:
Kodak
Fuji
Ilford
Adox

The above list of links to the websites of the firms that make most of the film used today. It isn’t big, but it is what is available easily.

Using Hasselblad Extension Tubes

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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.