Yes, her preference for K1000 was not fake or only for publicity. The video has some of her grown-up pictuers holding the K1000. Also for your interest, all 4 Beatles extensively used the predecessor to K1000, the Pentax Spotmatic.
Great video. Thank you. I just got a k1000 and it says assembled in Hong Kong but it has the asahi Pentax branding and appears to be metal all throughout.
I guess they are telling the truth. It is not Made in HK. Yours may be a batch Assembled in HK from parts made in Japan. You can usually tell if it is hard plastic with metal coating if it feels as cold to the touch as real metal.
I absolutely share your thoughts, the vintage devices should be in use as they were originally intented. I have a couple of portable tube radios, I have made the needed 90 volt battery for them to use as a real portable. Br Eeli from Finland
New 90 volt battery? That must be an achievement ! We also have a lot of portable tube radios, but haven't started posting videos yet. The problem is to get a nice strong AM signal as all the good stuff has switched over to FM.
Great video, nice to see Drew Barrymore at the end of the video, she used to have a K1000 for her personal use
Yes, her preference for K1000 was not fake or only for publicity. The video has some of her grown-up pictuers holding the K1000.
Also for your interest, all 4 Beatles extensively used the predecessor to K1000, the Pentax Spotmatic.
Thanks for this very interesting review indeed.👍
Glad you enjoyed it. There is a lot more, where that came from.
Great video. Thank you. I just got a k1000 and it says assembled in Hong Kong but it has the asahi Pentax branding and appears to be metal all throughout.
I guess they are telling the truth. It is not Made in HK. Yours may be a batch Assembled in HK from parts made in Japan. You can usually tell if it is hard plastic with metal coating if it feels as cold to the touch as real metal.
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I absolutely share your thoughts, the vintage devices should be in use as they were originally intented. I have a couple of portable tube radios, I have made the needed 90 volt battery for them to use as a real portable. Br Eeli from Finland
New 90 volt battery? That must be an achievement !
We also have a lot of portable tube radios, but haven't started posting videos yet.
The problem is to get a nice strong AM signal as all the good stuff has switched over to FM.
Yes, the simpliest way is to take 10 9 volt batteries and connect them in series. Looking forward seeing your radio videos Br, Eeli