Thanks a lot, David. Your video guides for ALL the mechanical cameras are well done. Detailed information. Very helpful. The Pentax K1000 is one of the most reliable and easy to use cameras. Those who major in photography in our college all started with this camera for decades in the past. Thanks again for your dedication to these mechanical wonders.
Yeah something nside the winding mechanism snapped and I couldn't get the part without buying a whole camera, which was expensive. I did replace it with a very nice one soon after.
There are some really good ones. Being Pentax K, there are a lot of really good third-party options, too. I might check out some Vivitar lenses, like their old 24mm and 28mm options.
i recently got this camera from my great aunt who has passed away now and the slot to open the battery chamber where you put the nickel is stripped and i can’t get it undone any tips to help me figure it out lol?
I have an older video on how to remove a cross-threaded battery chamber. You'll need a couple of tools -- a spanner wrench and a Dremel. You'll also probably want to buy a replacement battery cap, which you can grab off eBay for around $35-ish, IIRC.
_"One of the most underrated and capable cameras"_ (28:02) - hardly underrated - it is the most hyped-up film camera ever, reflected by some of the bonkers high prices paid. As for capable, it will take undemanding pictures much like any other 1970's film camera, but its features are very basic and its tech was already dated in 1976 - for example the meter does not perform well in low light. There are better manual film cameras that cost less. Also, avoid the later _"Made in China"_ version.
@@DavidHancock Exactly!!! U.S. nickle is foreign to Japan and Japanese designed cameras. I'm traumatized. I may never recover from the fact that you violated Japanese cameras in TWO releases for the same model with FOREIGN coinage. 🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮😵😵😵
I believe you are the most thorough photographer on the functions of film cameras, great job keep up the excellent work, thanks again !
Thank you!
Thanks a lot, David. Your video guides for ALL the mechanical cameras are well done. Detailed information. Very helpful.
The Pentax K1000 is one of the most reliable and easy to use cameras. Those who major in photography in our college all started with this camera for decades in the past.
Thanks again for your dedication to these mechanical wonders.
Thank you!
thank you so much for the double exposure explanation
Thank you!
It's one of my favorite beginner cameras!!! I have bought many for friends and family back in the 80s!!!
Concur full and very nice! It's great to have a camera for years or decades and really get to know it well.
I just purchased one yesterday your videos are extremely good
Thank you!
I love how it has a service sticker from 1990! My now deceased MX had a service sticker from June 1982, and I got it serviced in 2018. Then it broke.
I do, too. Those stickers are a nice thing to have as part of the camera's story. For your MX, have you tried to have it serviced again since?
Yeah something nside the winding mechanism snapped and I couldn't get the part without buying a whole camera, which was expensive. I did replace it with a very nice one soon after.
very helpful! thanks so much
Thank you!
thanks a lot David. I have learnt so much from this video as regards film photography
Thank you!
I wish you had talked about the depth of field scale. I know what it's about, but others may not. Otherwise, good videos.
I have a whole on exactly that subject: th-cam.com/video/owR83amA8Y4/w-d-xo.html
Love this David! Could you suggest any wide angle lenses for the K1000
There are some really good ones. Being Pentax K, there are a lot of really good third-party options, too. I might check out some Vivitar lenses, like their old 24mm and 28mm options.
How do you get your taken photos transferred to your phone or laptop?
You'll need to send your film to the developing lab and have them scan the negatives for you.
i recently got this camera from my great aunt who has passed away now and the slot to open the battery chamber where you put the nickel is stripped and i can’t get it undone any tips to help me figure it out lol?
I have an older video on how to remove a cross-threaded battery chamber. You'll need a couple of tools -- a spanner wrench and a Dremel. You'll also probably want to buy a replacement battery cap, which you can grab off eBay for around $35-ish, IIRC.
_"One of the most underrated and capable cameras"_ (28:02) - hardly underrated - it is the most hyped-up film camera ever, reflected by some of the bonkers high prices paid. As for capable, it will take undemanding pictures much like any other 1970's film camera, but its features are very basic and its tech was already dated in 1976 - for example the meter does not perform well in low light. There are better manual film cameras that cost less. Also, avoid the later _"Made in China"_ version.
Fair point.
No!
I knew I should have sent you a ¥10 or ¥100 coin!
Blasphemy, pure blasphemy, using foreign coins to loosen the battery cap.
That was a nickel!
@@DavidHancock Exactly!!!
U.S. nickle is foreign to Japan and Japanese designed cameras.
I'm traumatized. I may never recover from the fact that you violated Japanese cameras in TWO releases for the same model with FOREIGN coinage.
🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮😵😵😵