Re: Cosina K1000?

[Peter J. Alling]

I didn't think Cosina made the K1000, Pentax subcontracted it to 
Seagull.  Seagull is a Chinese company that builds their own cameras, 
(used to be knockoffs of other peoples designs), and subcontracts to 
other manufactures.  I think Pentax sold them the K1000 tooling when it 
was "worn out".  Since I believe it was the same tooling as the other KX 
and KM there was already a place for a self timer.  I think one sold 
under the Seagull name also has a DOF preview.

I could be completely wrong about all of this however...
Collin R Brendemuehl wrote:
Wasn't it Cosina that made the last series of K1000 units?
I saw a Seagul from Cosina that was exactly like the X-370n.  Surprising.
Now I see this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15240&item=3860002433&rd=1 

Looks like Cosina enhanced the body a bit for another market.
Collin
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