>I disagree with the statement that the K1000 was the spotmatic in K-mount. >The shutter release on the Spotmatic is much smoother, there is less mirror >noise and slap, and the film advance is smoother. The K-1000 was designed >as >an entry level "student camera" which IMHO it excelled in. The only all >manual student cameras now are the Ricoh, Phoenix, and the Nikon FM-10 >(fm-2 >&fm-3 too expensive for a student camera ) All of them are plastic junk. I >heard a rumor that Pentax is going to resume K1000 production, has anyone >else heard that?
AFAIK, Pentax took the Spotmatic (don't know which model) and put a bayonet mount on it, and turned it into the mighty K1000. If Pentax was to release K1000 again, I might buy one, only if it was the original full metal version, not the Chinese plastic toy. Oh... a brighter screen would be welcomed too. regards, Alan Chan _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
