Vintage film cameras - Page 816 - SV650.org

johnnyrod · 11-07-22, 08:40 PM

Be interested to see what you think K1000 vs MX, not shot with the former but they're like one step back in the evolutionary chain, or that's how it feels, when you hold one. Still not finished the roll in my Seagull TLR, not really shot anything for a while.

Kenzie · 12-07-22, 02:55 PM

The K1000 was OK to use, I only have two left. One I got from the recycle shop at the tip and the other belonged to my great aunt that I sent away to be serviced as it was having shutter issues.

yokohama · 13-07-22, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by johnnyrod

Be interested to see what you think K1000 vs MX, not shot with the former but they're like one step back in the evolutionary chain, or that's how it feels, when you hold one. Still not finished the roll in my Seagull TLR, not really shot anything for a while.

I went out for a hike down the coast today and took the K1000 with me. It's chunkier than the MX, wind on is not as smooth and the shutter noisier. MX is silkier to use but as Kenzie says, the K1000 is OK. Vanilla and functional really; neither a pleasure nor a pain to use. Centre the needle, focus and click (more of a clatter). I like the match needle metering and luckily mine has split screen focus. There were a couple of occasions I could have done with a dof preview though.
I'll see how the pics come out but it didn't beg to become a keeper. For an older generation mechanical SLR, the Minolta SRT303 is hard to beat.

admin · 14-07-22, 06:23 PM

I thought you guys might like this.

https://i.postimg.cc/LX8Y8GRH/filmsizes-LARGE.jpg

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Kenzie · 15-07-22, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by yokohama

I went out for a hike down the coast today and took the K1000 with me. It's chunkier than the MX, wind on is not as smooth and the shutter noisier. MX is silkier to use but as Kenzie says, the K1000 is OK. Vanilla and functional really; neither a pleasure nor a pain to use. Centre the needle, focus and click (more of a clatter). I like the match needle metering and luckily mine has split screen focus. There were a couple of occasions I could have done with a dof preview though.
I'll see how the pics come out but it didn't beg to become a keeper. For an older generation mechanical SLR, the Minolta SRT303 is hard to beat.

Howard, if you want the K1000 experience with dof then try finding a Pentax KM.

johnnyrod · 15-07-22, 09:34 PM

Nice one John, disc, that was really pointless

admin · 16-07-22, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by johnnyrod

Nice one John, disc, that was really pointless

I've just noticed that 16mm isn't on there. Minolta were quite keen on that but I think the 110 format killed it.

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yokohama · 16-07-22, 07:11 PM

The two world wars seem to have impacted on film production quite a bit. A gap of about 12 years following both wars before there's any new advances in film tecnology.

yokohama · 16-07-22, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Kenzie

Howard, if you want the K1000 experience with dof then try finding a Pentax KM.

They are much nicer. I had a look at a KX last year, not working unfortunately. Lacking the old man eyes split image focus though.

Kenzie · 17-07-22, 09:04 AM

I do prefer a split focus. So much easier to use.

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11-07-22, 08:40 PM	#8151
johnnyrod Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Doncaster, oop norf Posts: 2,126	Re: Vintage film cameras Be interested to see what you think K1000 vs MX, not shot with the former but they're like one step back in the evolutionary chain, or that's how it feels, when you hold one. Still not finished the roll in my Seagull TLR, not really shot anything for a while.

12-07-22, 02:55 PM	#8152
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Vintage film cameras The K1000 was OK to use, I only have two left. One I got from the recycle shop at the tip and the other belonged to my great aunt that I sent away to be serviced as it was having shutter issues. __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/

14-07-22, 06:23 PM	#8154
admin John T Mega Poster Join Date: May 2003 Location: Shrewsbury, Shrops, UK Posts: 2,492	Re: Vintage film cameras I thought you guys might like this. https://i.postimg.cc/LX8Y8GRH/filmsizes-LARGE.jpg Sent from my SM-T510 using Tapatalk __________________ Admin for this forum and the main site. John@sv650.org Last edited by admin; 14-07-22 at 06:24 PM.

15-07-22, 09:34 PM	#8156
johnnyrod Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Doncaster, oop norf Posts: 2,126	Re: Vintage film cameras Nice one John, disc, that was really pointless

16-07-22, 07:11 PM	#8158
yokohama Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 284	Re: Vintage film cameras The two world wars seem to have impacted on film production quite a bit. A gap of about 12 years following both wars before there's any new advances in film tecnology.

17-07-22, 09:04 AM	#8160
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Vintage film cameras I do prefer a split focus. So much easier to use. Sent from my Nokia XR20 using Tapatalk __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/

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