>From Wikipedia: Several changes that did not affect the functionality of the K1000 were made over its life. Production of the largely hand assembled camera was moved from Japan, first to Hong Kong in 1978 and then to China in 1990, to keep labor costs down. The "Asahi" name and "AOCo" logo was removed from the pentaprism cover to de-emphasize the company name in keeping with the rest of the "Pentax" line. The meter components changed as Asahi Optical searched for suitable supplies. The metal in the wind shaft was downgraded from steel. Cheaper plastic was substituted for the originally aluminum top and bottom plates and aluminum and steel film rewind assembly. Note that the use of lighter plastic lowered the weight of the Chinese-assembled K1000s to 525 g.
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Elizabeth Masoner <[email protected]> wrote: > It is now but unless I'm having a brain cramp there were a few years (in the > 80s I think) that they released a K1000 that had been "updated" with some > plastic parts. > > > On 12/29/10 7:49 PM, "Peter Loveday" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hmm, dunno about most of that, must be US stuff :) >> >> However I just checked and my K1000 is still metal and glass :) >> >> - Peter >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Elizabeth Masoner >> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 12:16 PM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: OT Ya know you're "old" when you remember... >> >> Ok, the age question thread made me start thinking how different each >> generation's experiences are. Mine are kind of a mismash because my parents >> were much older before they started their family and almost all of my >> cousins were old enough to be my parents. Thought it might be fun to do >> some comparing of stuff we remember. >> >> The Aldridge Family radio program >> The Shadow radio program >> It being safe to eat anything you got on Halloween (homemade/unwrapped/etc) >> Riding the go-kart down the main street in town and not getting in trouble >> with the police >> All grown ups having the authority to call you down if you acted up in >> public >> Walking home from school to eat lunch >> The first big CB craze (my dad bought us handheld CBs to use as walkie >> talkies - wow did we hear some stuff) >> Challenger Explosion >> Ronald Reagan getting shot >> When the K1000 was metal and glass (my first SLR) >> Lawn darts that had points >> >> ~Liz >> http://lizmasoner.wordpress.com/ >> http://thornsnclaws.wordpress.com/ >> http://photography.about.com >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
