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02/27/2005 08:45:13 PM · #1 |
Asahi Pentax K1000 w/SMC 50mm f/1.7 lens
This auction ends soon. This is a classic.
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02/27/2005 08:49:33 PM · #2 |
| The Pentax K1000 was my first camera. I loved it. Solid as a brick. A great learning tool, too, since it is fully manual. |
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02/28/2005 01:57:41 PM · #3 |
| That's a great little camera. Man, did Pentax sell a bunch of those in the day. |
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02/28/2005 03:27:26 PM · #4 |
Someone got it for 59 bucks, whatta steal...
Robt.
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02/28/2005 03:54:22 PM · #5 |
| i still use my Pentax K1000. it's a great camera and it's constructed like a tank! |
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03/01/2005 04:13:49 AM · #6 |
| still have mine. like a tank |
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08/02/2006 09:56:31 AM · #7 |
| I just got a Pentax K1000 from my dad its awesome!!!! |
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08/02/2006 09:59:42 AM · #8 |
Still have my K1000, I *love* that camera.
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08/02/2006 10:01:25 AM · #9 |
Is the k1000 a good beginners camera to getting a new Canon SLR Rebel XT? Like will it help that i know how to use on of those? Thanks
Edit: Because i just got a K1000 from my dad like 1 hour ago and it needs a battery so im going to get one but im learning from the manual and stuff...thanks again!
Message edited by author 2006-08-02 10:02:52.
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08/02/2006 10:08:07 AM · #10 |
The K1000 is all manual. As film cameras go it is all you need for most photography (imo) :)
It will teach you DOF/shutter speed and make you select the correct combo of the two - these two variable comprise the whole of exposure, and except for composition are the most important aspects of photography (without getting into lighting and friends).
Having started out learning only manual I find it strange (for lack of a better word) going into any of the auto modes :\ -but- I know what the camera is doing, and that's important.
Message edited by author 2006-08-02 10:09:42.
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08/02/2006 10:08:55 AM · #11 |
I know nothing about it except that every time someone says those magical words, guys who were photographers when film was still king start salivating and get all misty-eyed as if reflecting upon a legend.
One of my photog friends said that it was 50% of his life's plan when he graduated college. Save up, get a K1000 and travel the world.
It's probably at least fairly decent. ;) |
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08/02/2006 10:23:13 AM · #12 |
| Wow. my first camera....I get all teared up when I think about it. |
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08/02/2006 10:42:52 AM · #13 |
Still have mine, too. Love it. Time to get it out again.
I shot a black and white cd cover for a friend using my pentax.
Actually, I shot digital and film and let them choose from the proofs...oops...not a good testimonial for a digital site. ;) |
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08/02/2006 10:52:32 AM · #14 |
| If you have an interest in working with infrared film, the K1000 with a #25 red filter is a great camera for that. |
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08/02/2006 11:31:14 AM · #15 |
| I got my K1000 for my 18th birthday - 27 years ago. I still have it and use it periodically. Solid as a rock, and weighs about the same as one. |
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08/02/2006 12:43:25 PM · #16 |
During my first year as a sixth grade teacher (which was also my first year as a married man [1986]...my wife & I celebrated 20 yrs. just yesterday [August 1st],) I picked up a Pentax K-1000 at a pawn shop in Tallahassee, Florida for $75.00.
The K-1000 remains my standard of excellence to this very day. With the slow progress I am having becoming an excellent digital photographer, I am very close to using the K-1000 (or one of my other Pentax film cameras) and having my local high-quality photo processor scan the roll straight to cd-rom.
With film being comparable to 10 Megapixels, it seems the logical thing to do until I can replace my Minolta DiMage 7i for a digital camera of higher resolution.
Anyone out there who knows how to increase clarity on a 5 MegaPixel may post or send me a Private Message...(whatever works for you) I am pretty open to just about any info. I can get a this point. Thanks! :)
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08/02/2006 12:46:07 PM · #17 |
| K1000! That brings back memories. It's the first camera my husband got me not too long after we were married (we're now married 30 years). Solid camera, took it everywhere, haven't used it in a couple years, wow. Loved that camera. |
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08/02/2006 12:47:20 PM · #18 |
| That's the camera we have to use for class at college and it sure is pretty nice. It'd make a nice weapon too if I were ever attacked on my late night photography adventures....that thing's like a brick!! ;) |
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08/02/2006 12:52:44 PM · #19 |
| Wow...interesting seeing all of the praise for this camera. My father and uncle both have models from the 70s (their college days), and about 15 years ago i had saved up all of my pennies to buy the exact same cam. Never having been that involved w/ photography, I wasn't aware how highly regarded this camera was. It's been in its case under my bed for the past few years, as digital replaced the need to buy and pay for all of the film and developing. This thread makes me want to break out the cam and start using it again! |
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08/02/2006 10:46:49 PM · #20 |
Wow i didnt know that the Pentax K1000 were so popular thats awesome!
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08/02/2006 11:03:22 PM · #21 |
So cool to see so many K1000 users still around remembering it. I grew up on it and kept it until I found an ME Super on sale. I still have both and use my old manual lenses on my istDL.
I actually bought my Pentax ist because I already had lenses and I have such high regard for Pentax.
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08/12/2006 05:12:06 AM · #22 |
i found my father's in law forgoten K1000 in a closet some2 or 3 years ago... he has bought it somewhere in the late 80s and used it only for 2-3 films.
i immediately loved this camera and bought some primes for her from ebay.
I'm using her very often.
BTW: this is my very first post here... nice to be here :)
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08/27/2006 02:01:14 PM · #23 |
Thanks again for starting this thread. I was so inspired to return my photographic roots that I shot a whole roll of 24 prints while on vacation at Epworth-By-The-Sea, St. Simons Island, Georgia a couple weeks ago while we celebrated our 20th Wedding Anniversary. I plan to set up a folder in my portfolio today, labelled "Pentax K-1000." You can't miss it.
Please advise the Site Council, especially somebody who knows one personally, to offer us some Challenges dedicated to digitized film for the purists among us who believe that silver halide crystals will always be the photographic artist's medium of choice...at least this photographic artist for sure. :)
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08/27/2006 02:11:31 PM · #24 |
| haha, a whole entire roll? You spare no expense, do you? ;) |
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