Ah, the K1000. This was my first SLR, and even though I responded to Shel's query by saying the MX is my favorite, if I were forced to part with my camera gear the K1000 would be the last to go.
My father bought it in 1984 at the Post Exchange in Heidelberg to record our jaunts around Europe. Based on my earliest experiences with this camera it's a wonder I have any interest in photography at all. At the sight of an interesting landmark, my mother would line us up, dad would take about 10 steps back and start focusing. The rest would go something like this: "Scotty, stop making those ugly faces........Amy, look at the camera.......you kids need to smile........Ken, TAKE THE DURNED PICTURE". All the while the locals are giving us the dumb Americans look as they're passing between my father and the afore mentioned landmark. I hated that camera. And so did my mom. Too complicated. She opted for a 110 or a disc camera. I don't think she's ever figured out how to program the VCR. To this day, I've never asked my family to pose for a photograph. As I got a bit older I would borrow the camera for road trips, canoeing the Gasconade, or whatever. Just after I got married in 1998, I borrowed the camera permanently. I still have the original box, all the paperwork that came with it, the Vivitar 2500 that was purchased with the camera, and the packaging for the Vivitar. I did have the original register receipt, but lost it recently. The original lens cap for the M50/2 fell off a cliff near Pike's Peak a few years ago. Looking at the price tags on the boxes, dad paid $127.50US for the camera and $37.00 for the flash. Not a bad deal for over twenty years of, err, photography. On 7/5/05, Steve Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I come home on Saturday and there is a K1000 on my doorstep. Does the > meter > activate by taking off the lenscap? > A friend got it from a friend who was going to throw it away. Now I have to > spend > money on it for a foam job. > > Steve > > -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com -- "You have to hold the button down" -Arnold Newman
