Aperture will be controlled by the attached lens. The only controls are to set your shutter speed from 1 sec to 1/1000, dial-in your film ISO/ASA from 20-3200, a lever to wind said film and cock the shutter, and a button to release the shutter. When it comes to SLR cameras, the K1000 is as simple as you can get. The K1000 is an incredibly simple and easy-to-use SLR camera-characteristics that made it ideal for students and beginners in photography. It was never pressed into service as a “pro camera,” but professional shooters undoubtedly used these over the years.
I gave the lens away and went to the B&H Used Store to grab a Pentax 50mm lens for the article.īecause of its incredibly long production run (the same duration as the Nikon F3) and the numbers of cameras built, the Pentax K1000 has carved out its place in the history of cameras and photography. I scooped it up knowing that it was going to turn into an article for B&H and, at $5, I didn’t really care if I got reimbursed. My brother’s K1000 is unused on his bookshelf and he won’t share it with me, but I stumbled across a K1000 and Vivitar 80-200 f/4 lens at an estate sale, in Rhode Island, for a cool $5. I didn’t get into real picture-taking until I was in college and I launched into the photography world with the decidedly more modern Nikon N6006. It was my brother’s first camera-Dad bought him one when he took photography classes in high school. With a production run spanning more than two decades (1976-1997), more than three million of these film SLRs were sold.įor me, the K1000 was not my first camera.
For many photographers of my generation, earlier generations, and younger generations, there are legions who can say that their first “real camera” was the Pentax K1000. First love, first car, first marriage, first kid, first heartbreak, and first camera.
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