Month: September 2014
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And now for something completely different
My newest toy is a Honda Passport. “Wait,” you say. “Mack505, owner of two antique fire engines, driver of all things Diesel and aficionado of the manual transmission , bought a Japanese family hauler?!” Yes I did. Sort of. Its no secret that I enjoy a bit of mechanical history. See the above referenced fire […]
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Week 79 – Pentax K1000 and slowing down
Introduced in 1978, the Pentax K1000 is a manual focus, manual exposure SLR. It has through the lens metering with a match needle. In the course of its 20 year production run the K1000 earned a reputation as a photography student’s camera. I have two examples. One came from a yard sale for $10; the […]
Notes from Mosquito Hill 