Pentax K1000

kurttarvis

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $0.00 from My mom gave it to me

Summary:
A simple beginner's camera yet also good enough for the serious amateur. This is a fully manual and fully reliable SLR. It's so basic yet to awesome.

Strengths:
simple and easy to use, good features, long lasting shutter, this camera is built like a tank.

Weaknesses:
fully manual

Similar Products Used:
Pentax ME Super, Canon EOS 1N

hacaden

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
3 votes

Price Paid:  $125.00 from department store

Summary:
The K1000 is a great, basic, simple, camera. I don't know of any camera in it's genre that can top it.

Strengths:
fully mechanical (battery dies, keep on shooting) match needle metering (no LEDs. gives a much better feel for adjusting exposure) solid as a rock scads of lenses available

Weaknesses:
no depth of field preview

Similar Products Used:
other Pentax 35mm cameras

Customer Service:
never needed any

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
1 votes

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
i had to try this camera after reading abouts how everyone enjoyed using it. well, i am a fan now also. :) pictures came out great on my first roll of film, clear and clean. i will not be selling this camera, its a keeper.

Strengths:
solid feel, there is weight to camera makes one think, rather than just snapping away. dependable simple

Weaknesses:
hmmmmmm, would have to say better remember to replace lense cap otherwise batteries will be kaput when you try to get reading from meter.

Similar Products Used:
nikon fe, nikon fg, nikon fm, pentax mef, pentax me and pentax super program

Customer Service:
none needed still working like a charm

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
2 votes

Price Paid:  $0.00 from Michael's Camera - M

Summary:
A tough camera that will take just about anything you throw at it, it's built like a brick. A great camera to learn on and also a pleasure to use. Can't say much more about it, it is simply brilliant.

Strengths:
-Simplicity. -Toughness. -Reliability. -Availibility. -Lens Selection.

Weaknesses:
-?.

Customer Service:
Never needed.

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
1.00 of 5,
1 votes

Price Paid:  $279.00 from woodwards photo dept

Summary:
Has to be one of the best manual SLRs built. Easy to use, forgiving, durable. Accurate light meter. Bought it because most of the geologists I worked with in the early 70's swore by pentax spotmatics. The K100 is even better. Works well even at -25 C.

Strengths:
Durability- I once fell into a dry creek bed and landed on it, causing no harm. One cleaning in 25 years, no problems

Weaknesses:
Difficult to focus in low light. film must be loaded carefully.

Similar Products Used:
Pentax ME, which has had to be overhauled twice for $100+ each time in 7 years, and now resides in my filing cabinet, broken again!

Customer Service:
Other than the one cleaning, never had to use.