keller.schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Here is an Ebay auction (3806025838) that has a strange
Pentax-like camera.
> The seller says in the auction text that exposure control is
via three LEDs
> in the finder (!). Any idea what it could be? An MX prototype?
A K1000n?
Hi Sven,
It is one of the K-1000 clones made in China under different
brands (in Italy under Maginon, Alstar and maybe Mingca). All
were black. One of them was named K1000 (the Alstar, I think)
until the Pentax importer banned the use of the K1000 name.
Not always available in the ordinary photo shops (some only
through mail order). A friend of mine had an Alstar he didn't
use that I eventually had for free. I still have it (under
repair: they are far from the quality of the original ones...).
It came with a 50/2 identical to an M series lens except - I
guess - the coating (should test it sometimes)
They differ from the K-1000 for the focusing screen (microprism
collar and split image), metering info in the finder (three leds
+ O -) and the self timer.
Hope this helps.
Ciao,
Gianfranco
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