Joseph Szymanski http://www.josephszymanski.com Photographs, Drawings and Other Creations Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:51:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 986476http://www.feedburner.com Photographs: Leaving Las Vegas… http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MostlyPhotography/~3/501323297/ http://www.josephszymanski.com/photographs-leaving-las-vegas/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:00:57 +0000 Joseph Szymanski http://www.josephszymanski.com/?p=781 Photographs: Leaving Las Vegas

Leaving Las Vegas, September of 2008.

Leica M6, 35mm lens, Tri-X 400 film pushed to ISO 1000.

]]> http://www.josephszymanski.com/photographs-leaving-las-vegas/feed/ http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=MostlyPhotography&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.josephszymanski.com%2Fphotographs-leaving-las-vegas%2Fhttp://www.josephszymanski.com/photographs-leaving-las-vegas/ Photographs: Gambler, Las Vegas http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MostlyPhotography/~3/497231546/ http://www.josephszymanski.com/photographs-gambler-las-vegas/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:00:00 +0000 Joseph Szymanski http://www.josephszymanski.com/?p=777 Photographs: Gambler, Las Vegas

Gambler at the slot machines, Las Vegas, Nevada. September of 2008.

Leica M6, 35mm lens, Tri-X 400 film pushed to ISO 1000.

]]> http://www.josephszymanski.com/photographs-gambler-las-vegas/feed/ http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=MostlyPhotography&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.josephszymanski.com%2Fphotographs-gambler-las-vegas%2Fhttp://www.josephszymanski.com/photographs-gambler-las-vegas/ Photographs: Roulette Dealer http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MostlyPhotography/~3/490764552/ http://www.josephszymanski.com/photographs-roulette-dealer/#comments Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:00:06 +0000 Joseph Szymanski http://www.josephszymanski.com/?p=772 Photographs: Roulette Dealer

Roulette dealer, Las Vegas Nevada. September of 2008.

Leica IIIF, 35mm lens, Tri-X 400 film pushed to ISO 1000.

]]> http://www.josephszymanski.com/photographs-roulette-dealer/feed/ http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=MostlyPhotography&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.josephszymanski.com%2Fphotographs-roulette-dealer%2Fhttp://www.josephszymanski.com/photographs-roulette-dealer/ Fine Art Prints: Golden Gloves #20 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MostlyPhotography/~3/485926568/ http://www.josephszymanski.com/fine-art-prints-golden-gloves-20/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:00:32 +0000 Joseph Szymanski http://www.josephszymanski.com/?p=767 Silver Gelatin Prints: Golden Gloves #20

Golden Gloves #20. San Francisco, California. March of 2006. View More Prints »

]]> http://www.josephszymanski.com/fine-art-prints-golden-gloves-20/feed/ http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=MostlyPhotography&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.josephszymanski.com%2Ffine-art-prints-golden-gloves-20%2Fhttp://www.josephszymanski.com/fine-art-prints-golden-gloves-20/ Photographs: The Kiss, Las Vegas http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MostlyPhotography/~3/480960529/ http://www.josephszymanski.com/the-kiss-lovers-las-vegas/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:00:28 +0000 Joseph Szymanski http://www.josephszymanski.com/?p=581 Black and White Photographs: Lovers, Las Vegas, Nevada

Lovers on The Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada. September of 2008. Leica IIIF camera, 35mm lens, Tri-X 400 film pushed to ISO 1000.

]]> http://www.josephszymanski.com/the-kiss-lovers-las-vegas/feed/ http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=MostlyPhotography&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.josephszymanski.com%2Fthe-kiss-lovers-las-vegas%2Fhttp://www.josephszymanski.com/the-kiss-lovers-las-vegas/ Lost In Translation: Autocord Repair Manual… http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MostlyPhotography/~3/476104369/ http://www.josephszymanski.com/lost-in-translation-autocord-repair-manual/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:00:47 +0000 Joseph Szymanski http://www.josephszymanski.com/?p=586 Disassembly of a Minolta AutocordDisassembly of Front Cover and Shutter Holder:

1. Tear off front cover leather -A,B, (2136,2137) take off four setscrews (9004) and the M.X. changing knob (2132) so that the front cover set (219 set) may be taken off.

2. Open the back cover and take out the light shield barrel (1034), shutter nut (2141) and shutter and also disconnect the soldered portions.

3. Take off successively the focus adjusting washer (2140), reset ring (2020), shutter seat (2017), charge ring washer (2018) and shutter charge ring (2019).

Adjust shutter after the shutter being assembled:

Charge the shutter with the focusing lever being set at the near or closeup distance. If it fails to be charged, lift little by little the crank arm adjustment plate so as to select the charge point and then check if the reset ring arm is in contact with the shutter lever when the former is charged. Adjust the overcharge at the infinity position and confirm this adjustment at the near position also. If the adjustment is not sufficient, make further adjustment by means of the adjustment plate.

]]> http://www.josephszymanski.com/lost-in-translation-autocord-repair-manual/feed/ http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=MostlyPhotography&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.josephszymanski.com%2Flost-in-translation-autocord-repair-manual%2Fhttp://www.josephszymanski.com/lost-in-translation-autocord-repair-manual/ Photographs: Dancers, Las Vegas http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MostlyPhotography/~3/471336412/ http://www.josephszymanski.com/photographs-dancers-las-vegas/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:00:45 +0000 Joseph Szymanski http://www.josephszymanski.com/?p=577 Black and White Photographs: Dancers, Las Vegas

Dancers, Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas Nevada. September of 2008.

Leica IIIF, 35mm lens, Tri-X 400 film pushed to ISO 1000.

]]> http://www.josephszymanski.com/photographs-dancers-las-vegas/feed/ http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=MostlyPhotography&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.josephszymanski.com%2Fphotographs-dancers-las-vegas%2Fhttp://www.josephszymanski.com/photographs-dancers-las-vegas/ Fine Art Prints: Golden Gloves #12 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MostlyPhotography/~3/465506484/ http://www.josephszymanski.com/fine-art-prints-golden-gloves-12/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:00:16 +0000 Joseph Szymanski http://www.josephszymanski.com/?p=571 Fine Art Silver Gelatin Prints: Golden Gloves #12

Golden Gloves #12. San Francisco, California. March of 2006. View More Prints »

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Cityscape #5 / Ink on Paper, 9×12 inches. View More Drawings »

]]> http://www.josephszymanski.com/pen-ink-cityscape-5/feed/ http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=MostlyPhotography&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.josephszymanski.com%2Fpen-ink-cityscape-5%2Fhttp://www.josephszymanski.com/pen-ink-cityscape-5/ The Reassembly, Part #2 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MostlyPhotography/~3/450027699/ http://www.josephszymanski.com/the-reassembly-part-2/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:00:16 +0000 Joseph Szymanski http://www.josephszymanski.com/?p=400 Leica IIIF, 3.5cm lens.Post Disassembly, the Leica IIIf I snagged off Ebay is starting to shape up. Picked up a 3.5cm f/3.5 lens and a multi-finder off Ebay as well. Up next is to order a new leather covering.

If you ever have a camera in need of a new covering, check out cameraleather.com. The web site is pretty dated, but this guy has everything from classic black pebble calfskin to red lizard skin coverings, if that’s your bag. It’s a pretty simple and cost effective way to bring an old camera back to life.

It’s difficult to tell from the photograph, but the chrome is pitting badly on most of the top plate, so I’ll probably end up stripping the chrome, and re-painting the body in black lacquer. Mechanically the camera is in great shape after I re-built the shutter and cleaned out the 50 years worth of dirt.

Have a look through the Leica IIIF tag to see a few images I’ve shot with it so far…

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