Good question. One I've asked myself many a time.
You're looking at your AF slr. Great lens. Always gives sharp, perfectly exposed pics. Always gives you the results you want. And yet you pick up that manual everything, no meter, maybe even guess focus relic..
Why do you do that to yourself?
Guilty as charged.
Where did you find the Minolta cartridge and film? FFP?
Because perfection is boring.
You're looking at your AF slr. Great lens. Always gives sharp, perfectly exposed pics. Always gives you the results you want. And yet you pick up that manual everything, no meter, maybe even guess focus relic..
Why do you do that to yourself?
Guilty as charged.
Auto transmissions get as good or better mileage than a manual transmission.
I'm getting rid of the rest of my film cameras that take batteries, the exceptions being Olympus XA and XA4 (too many good shots with the XA, and I like the macro and 28mm on the XA4). I haven't used a light meter, even on 8x10, in years. BUT, it'll be a cold day in hell before I everyday-drive a manual transmission car again... too much work for no reward when you live in a big city (one example from 2001: coming up out of a 5 level underground parking garage spiral, in a continuous line of bumper-to-bumper cars, in a stall-prone 1967 Datsun wagon with 4 on the floor ). If I were in the mountains or something, maybe...
Both my cars are manual transmission. And I live in that bastion of little traffic - Los Angeles.
Been eyeing a Triumph TR6. But I'll have to plan my break downs at the top of the hill so I can coast home.
Both my cars are manual transmission. And I live in that bastion of little traffic - Los Angeles.
Been eyeing a Triumph TR6. But I'll have to plan my break downs at the top of the hill so I can coast home.
Auto transmissions get as good or better mileage than a manual transmission.
One time a friend and I were coming down a hill in his TR-3a when I looked out the window and saw his right rear wheel passing us. He continued working on that car and eventually built it into a successful business.
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But you'll still never experience the satisfaction of hitting a corner at exactly the right rpm and gear, and accelerating out on a perfect slingshot of acceleration.
But, much like film, people would rather focus on the negatives (see what I did there?) than the positives, and prefer something they don't have to think about, to something as elegant and satisfying as a well-tuned manual gearbox.
But, much like film, people would rather focus on the negatives (see what I did there?) than the positives, and prefer something they don't have to think about, to something as elegant and satisfying as a well-tuned manual gearbox.
It takes all kinds to make the world go 'round. Driving a car with something as elegant and satisfying as a well-tuned manual gearbox is unlikely to come up in your discussion with St. Peter. Lucifer, perhaps.
Get Southern California AAA Premium Towing service which includes up to four long distance tows: three 100 mile tows and one 200 mile tow. It will be worth if for you.
Still haven't achieved that in a car!But you'll still never experience the satisfaction of hitting a corner at exactly the right rpm and gear, and accelerating out on a perfect slingshot of acceleration.
So... what will I do on the second week of owning the TR6?
Well, I named my car "Eloquent". That way if I am working on that vehicle and the home phone rings, the person answering the phone can say, "He is not available now, he is just waxing Eloquent."
Buy good comfortable walking shoes.
I once had a pet moose that I called Knuckles.
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I plan on naming my next dog "Such a good dog".
I plan on naming my next dog "Such a good dog".
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