Pentax ME, Part 2

I shot off a roll of Fuji 200 to verify that my small repairs to the nice little Pentax ME had met with success.  The worn mirror bumper had been replaced with a small strip from a sheet of foam from Walmart; it was a bit thicker than the original, but seems to work fine.
    The ASA dial I found on ebay looked identical at first glance, but it did not quite fit due to a difference in a small toothed bracket on the underside.  Luckily, the screw holes on the brackets were in the same locations and I was able to swap the parts successfully.
     The nice surprise in the process was the ease of fixing the misaligned latch which caused the back of the camera to pop open.  It seems that the ME back gets a bit dished in with use and pressing on the back near the hinge end was what was causing the problem.  I found a note on the net which indicated I just needed to open the back, grasp it at either end and apply a tiny bit of pressure as if to bend it.  Problem solved.
    The only thing remaining is a missing cover for the motor drive connection; however, that is a cosmetic issue which has a low priority for me.  The camera seems to work perfectly at this point and is a real pleasure to use.

I shot the whole roll after a visit to my dentist whose office is in Albuquerque's Huning Highlands Historic District.  Many of the homes there date back to the early Twentieth Century.  A lot of the houses are Victorian in style, but there is quite an eclectic mix of wooden construction, brick and and stucco.

In addition to the interesting homes there are also quite a few larger historic buildings in the neighborhood including a Greek Church, the 1925 Pueblo/Spanish Revival-style Special Collections Library and the repurposed Albuquerque High School which has been turned into apartments.

I've made pictures of all those buildings in the past with other cameras.  The most interesting structure in the neighborhood, though, is something of a stylistic outlier.  The Albuquerque Press Club was built in a rustic log cabin style in 1903 and it sits on top of a hill in a park overlooking the historic district; it is said to be designed after a Norwegian villa.  I noticed when I visited the site today that the cottage next door is occupied, perhaps by a caretaker.  The dog that met me at the gate there was very friendly.  It could be the most charming place to live in the whole city.