My Pentax K1000 experience.

[w_keen]

I grew up using my dad's K1000. That was the first camera I used and really enjoyed using it. I now have a Spotmatic F which I love using. The only problem is that the built in light meter is broken so I use a lot of guess work to gauge the aperture to use. The film broke on me once as well when I was at the end of the roll and advancing the roll to the next frame just tore the film right out of the canister. I use the camera more for B&W, the latest was using an 800 speed film which came out great. I really would want to get the light meter fixed but don't want to spend big bucks on that.

[ComicDom1]

I grew up using my dad's K1000. That was the first camera I used and really enjoyed using it. I now have a Spotmatic F which I love using. The only problem is that the built in light meter is broken so I use a lot of guess work to gauge the aperture to use. The film broke on me once as well when I was at the end of the roll and advancing the roll to the next frame just tore the film right out of the canister. I use the camera more for B&W, the latest was using an 800 speed film which came out great. I really would want to get the light meter fixed but don't want to spend big bucks on that.

Have you considered buying a hand held light meter? Then you can use it with any camera.

Jason