Pentax K1000 35mm Film Camera

Pentax K1000 Film SINGLE LENS REFLEX CAMERA

This camera is fantatstic for beginners in photography, i would say before you own a digital camera buy a single lens reflex: Pentax K1000 Film SINGLE LENS REFLEX CAMERA.

Some background information.

The Pentax K1000 (originally marked the Asahi Pentax K1000) was a beginner or student level, interchangeable lens, 35 mm film, single-lens reflex (SLR) camera. It was manufactured by Asahi Optical Co., Ltd. (PENTAX Corporation since 2002) from 1976 to 1997, originally in Japan. It used a horizontal travel rubberized silk cloth focal plane shutter with a speed range of 1 to 1/1000th second plus Bulb and flash X-sync of 1/60th second. It had dimensions of 91.4 mm height, 143 mm width, 48 mm depth and 620 g weight. Unlike most SLRs of the time, the K1000 was not available in a black body however brown leather and special edition versions were sold.

The K1000 was the simplest member of Asahi Optical's Pentax K-series SLRs. The other members were the Pentax K2, KM, KX (all introduced in 1975) and K2 DMD (1976). They all used the same basic body design, but with differing feature levels, internal electronics, and external controls and cosmetics.

The K1000's extraordinary longevity makes it a historically significant camera, despite its very ordinary design. In truth, it was already obsolete when it was first released. The K1000's inexpensive simplicity turned out to be a great virtue and earned it an unrivaled popularity as a basic but sturdy workhorse; supremely well suited to teaching budding photographers proper photographic skills. Many professional photographers first learned photography using the K1000.


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