Photography Archives - Page 25 of 34

October 7, 2012November 18, 2019

2012 All Italian Car and Motorcycle Show

I drove my Alfetta Sprint Veloce to the 2012 All Italian Car and Motorcycle Show. The informal show is sponsored by the Alfa Romeo Association for the benefit of the Alameda Special Olympics.

This year, my Sprint Veloce was joined by Chris Keen‘s red Alfetta GT, (see flickr photoset below) so there were four representatives of the Alfetta family, including a sedan and a GTV6. There were plenty of Alfa Romeos, Ferraris, Fiats, a few De Tomasos, a few Lamborghinis. a few Lancias and a few Maseratis. On the motorcycle front, there were many Aprilias, Ducatis, Moto Guzzis and Vespas.

September 25, 2012January 26, 2016

Little City Market

Little City Market, 1400 Stockton St, San Francisco, CA

September 23, 2012January 26, 2016

Water Caltrop

These things, whatever they are, are showing up in the Chinatown markets for around $1.69/lb. When I first saw them, I thought they were made of injection molded plastic.

August 23, 2012September 18, 2025

Whiskey Drome, Pedalfest

Whiskey Drome, Pedalfest 2012, Jack London Square, Oakland, California

August 3, 2012March 25, 2019

VME Malkoff Valiant Concepts Head

I’ve been using a Surefire E series bezel and a Veleno Designs E-Series tower module with a Vital Gear FB-1. I wanted a brighter light, so I bought a Vital Gear E to C adapter that enables the use of a P60 style dropin. When I screwed on a Surefire Z44 bezel, it made the front end of the light a little larger than I wanted.

Valiant Concepts makes the VME Malkoff Valiant Concepts Head that fits on an E series body and enables the use of a Malkoff Devices M series dropin lamp assembly. The VME head includes a lens for dropins that don’t have one but I use it with a Malkoff M60, which has a protective lens as part of the optic. I modded my M60 with a driver that enables three modes. The diameter of the VME head is slightly smaller than a Z44 bezel – 1 1/8″ vs 1 1/4″ (28.5 mm vs 31.6 mm) – which doesn’t sound like much but it makes a difference. With the modded M60, the flashlight is a lot brighter and also throws further than the Veleno Designs module.