Pentax K1000: Every Beginner's First Camera (+ SLR Giveaway)
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Ian and Derrick reveal their first times and practice photography like errant schoolchildren with the Pentax K1000.
We filmed this episode on this camera: goo.gl/WMcY3d
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As mentioned at the end of the video, we are doing a giveaway! Check out the rules below.
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Giveaway Rules:
Find an early photo you took and create a post on Instagram about an important memory that got you started in photography. Hashtag #digitaldarkroomgiveaway and tag @sakeq and then Anne and I will select our favourite story. Bonus points for creativity! On our next video we’ll reveal the winner and send off the Pentax K1000 to one of our lucky viewers.
The giveaway closes April 25th 2019 and we’ll contact the winner via DM or email if provided. The winner must respond within 3 days, or another winner will be chosen. We’ll ship out the camera within a week of the final winner being selected. It goes without saying, but the photo and story should be yours.
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I bought my K1000 in 1987 and still use it today, best investment ever. It may be the best beginner camera but it is also the only camera I've ever needed, does everything I've ever needed a camera to do.
You guys make a good duo on camera. Loved the ektachrome ocean shots, colors felt so real. Keep up the good work.
Thumbs up for Derrick ;)
my first time recognizing a photo was actually made instead of just a picture you see somehow, was in a skateboard magazine when I was twelve.
there was two consecutive B&W pictures, of a skater giving the camera the middle finger. the depth of field was really shallow, and the first pic was focused on the finger with a small piece of paper with some text printed on it (cant remember what it said) round the middle finger. the second shot was focused on the face, and I remember something "clicking" in my head. so simple, but when I think of photograpy those pics always come to mind.
never had thought about "making pictures" before, but now twelve years later it's still my strongest photography experience, and the spark that started it all.
Both my main workhorse cameras are SP1000s. One is a Honeywell Pentax and the other is an Asahi Pentax. Both have the famed SMC Takumar 50/1.4 on them. Love them to bits. The K1000 is the exact same camera just with a K mount instead of an M42 mount.
Thanks for another well crafted upload, Ian! Always feels like I come away learning something of value each time.
Annnnnnd once again you set the standard. Great work, Ian.
My photoclass started with k1000 and by my senior year I ended up shooting my last assignment with it again . so much fun and very lucky for it to me my first camera
My grandmother always used to take photos and shot films of her travels (she traveled to sooo many countries). I never understood why she was actually doing that, for me it was always super boring. When a friend of mine introduced me to film photography I was simply blown away by the possibility to capture a specific moment and/or emotion. I fell in love with it and can most definitely now relate to my grandma more than ever before! Photography is definitely a hobby that sticks to my family!
Cool that your grandmother did that! Must be some great albums hidden away
@@IanWong oh yeah! I love her collection!
I still have my 1981 K1000, it was made in Hong Kong. I was advised to buy it by a professional photographer. His advice was good. My K1000 has worked perfectly since I bought it and it was good to learn photography with.
Ian, this is by far my favorite analog photography channel. I hope u can continue to create videos. Big fan
You guys are great, I love these videos, always get excited when a new one pops up in my feed. Keep it up, the photos turned out fantastic :)
Still have my Spotmatic F with some beautiful SMC Takumar lenses. Love that camera to bits.
Hey man, I just got into film photography with a Pentax K1000 over the weekend and I just spiraled into your channel - amazing information and content about camera history with your travels!
Very well made. This is not about a certain camera, this is about photography. You reminded me my first time owning a camera at 10 years old. Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Always love ur analogue videos man. Hope u continue to do more and more 👍
The K1000 is pretty awesome but prefer some of the dirt cheap alternatives, love my Chinon CG-5 and Praktica MTL 5B.
A new Ian video??¿??? Yessss.
Already can’t wait for the next one. ☺️☺️☺️
Awesome video. My introduction to film was with my father's K1000 that he bought new in the '70s. It's a fun camera I still use today.
Nice job on this video. The K1000 has always been on my 'buy' list.
I got info photography with my faher in the late 70s. Dad had a Minolta XG7 and I bought a new XG1 (which I still have). He setup a darkroom in the basement and we printed a lot of work for family members.
I diverted from film in the mid 90s with digital point and shoot cameras. In 2015 I got the film bug again, dusted off the XG1 and shot a roll of Kodak Gold. I've since picked up a few film cameras and shoot them to this day.
Also my first SLR. If I had to teach someone photography I’d go with a k1000 or a similar Pentax. I have a K m now. It doesn’t get to play out as much as it should. Always happy to see you’ve uploaded something. Keep doing what you’re doing guys. By the way I think they’re still reasonably priced here in Japan.
Ahhhh love this episode! and the ending is as inspiring as always
You could really pass as students
Good to hear...sigh
I'm the only one In South India, who shoots AnalogPhotography by using Asahi Pentax K1000 in this digital age. Something special about this camera that never fails me.
Great video as usual ... My first 2 cameras were a Zenith E and the gorgeous Pentax MX.
Seeing this brought back memories of my Nikon FM. At least I sold it to take a darkroom class. Great video as usual guys!
Your videos are always chill and inspiring ❤️
Imagine a camera like a Pentax K1000, absolutely no using differences, but instead of film, a full frame sensor and a memory card. Hipsters would form lines to buy this. Damn, I probably would get in this line too.
You'd be in line 10 people behind me.
I honestly think camera companies are losing money by not paying attention to the film enthusiasts. The closest company that is close to that is fuji but they still rely on that lcd screen. I could easily see a full frame digital penta prism camera on the market
as always amazing video!!!!!!! thanks
Thank you for choosing me as the winner for this amazing giveaway! This Pentax k1000 will be my first SLR! ♥️
I think it's a shame that students still dont learn on a camera like the K1000. It's such a great way to learn the fundamentals. Also, shout out to the K1000 manual which basically contains a crash course on photography.
Awesome! Ever since I saw your IG story with it I was looking forward to seeing this video. My dad still has a k1000 and still shoots with it 👍🏼 Great video as always Ian
It's amazing how many people still have them going - thanks for watching!
I got a pentax k1000 for free (well a round trip subway fare) but I really just wanted the lens for my dinky mirrorless camera (sony a5000).
Recently, I've seen more and more film photographers on youtube and I've had the urge to jump into film but I was very hesitant.
This is the video that's gonna make me get a fresh coin cell battery and some film and start shooting.
I got a couple of these Pentax cameras because they were attached to the lenses I wanted to use on my Sonys. Haven't seriously thought about loading a roll of film into one. But I subscribe to several channels featuring a lot of film cameras because it's always amazing to see the results from skilled users.
Great video :) I was looking for a nice and sturdy camera. The Pentax K1000 and the Minolta SRT-101 were on my list. Got the Minolta first but the Pentax is also very interesting. Now that I saw your video I think I will get it as soon as possible :) Keep up the good work
Great video, I love hearing your stories. Never shot with a K1000 but id love to give it a try one day ✌️😀
Super nice. I really enjoyed the video. I can totally relate to your story although I never shot with the K1000. Keep the good work up. Cheers
awesome video. anne's #1 fan btw
Great stuff guys, keep up the good work, film rules :)
Thanks for this great video just picked one up for 5.99 at my local goodwill
That intro is dope
The nice thing also about the K1000, it is a very reliable camera, not all 70's and 80's SLR are. This camera is quite simple to use, no bells and whistles but you need to know what you are doing otherwise results will be all over the place. The reason why I bought my K1000 last year was to get back to the basic and practice the real manual shooting, not the DLSR "manual" shooting which is still very automatic. When I nail a shot with my K1000 I am much more happy than nailing a shot with my D750, because with the D750 half of the job of nailing the shot was done by the camera
True - I was kind of nervous while getting my photos from the Pentax ;)
First rate as always, Ian! Everything I know about photography I learned from a K1000. It was the only
camera I used from 1983 to 2003! And from '88 until '03 with only a 50mm f2 (I call it my one camera,
one lens 15 year project...) Have one on the shelf right now but no lens at the moment. Maybe need to
find a 35 and put some tri-x through it again.
Thank you - and yes agreed on the Tri-X note :)
haven't used it in 20 years? how old are you??
I know I thought he was like 24
Literally wrote out this same question word for word
e39Nate 😂
asian genetics
Exactly! Here I was thinking, wow, you were shooting film as a toddler?! 😂
My very first time was when I was 10, 13 years ago, when I bought myself a Fujifilm A850 (8.1 megapixels and two AA batteries -not included-). It sucked, but I still have it, killed by the batteries I left in for 13 years. Then my dad bought me (I was 14) a Sony cybershot dsc w380, which I really loved. But one day, unfortunately, I lent it to my sister for a trip, who inadvertently turned on the camera in his bag, breaking the lens. Then I decided to go for my first very reflex, and when I was 16 I bought a Nikon d3100 with a 18-105 kit lens. I remember when I came back home and opened the box my first very experience with the reflex was quite traumatic: I didn't know anything about apertures or shutter speeds (i vaguely knew about ISO, but..), and the camera was on full manual mode, so every shot was too dark or blurred.. then I figured out that I bought something I really had to learn using and also that existed an automatic mode :D
Speaking of first film cameras, mine was the Nikon Fm2n with a loaned Tamron 28mm f/2.8 lens. Good times. Though it was done using slide film so it was either do right or do wrong when it came to exposure settings. A terrible way to learn exposure.
I love photography ❤
agreed... I don't know how many photography students were running around the city with these back in the day... I cheated... got a Minolta X7000.... fully automated everything... but then carried around Yashica FRS w/ Contax lenses, and Olympus OM-2000....
Minolta SRT-101 for me, with mirrors lock up and DOF preview. Can’t beat that.
Nikon F with 100% finder and interchangeable viefwinders ;)
YESSSS
My collage had the sp500 and sp1000 the greatest thing about these basic camera's are the magic triangle ASA (iso) speed and aperture, the second and in my opinion is how to hold the camera with correct breathing, once learnt stays a life long friends at 66 I can still handhold 200mm at .60sec no ibis etc, there are no modern camera's that can train you better than a good basic knowledge of the tool you use for image taking.
ilove this
Love the ektachrome seashore shots! Where were those taken please?b
what a fuego intro
What's the music used?
This camera is in my backllog for my channel. Crazy enough i did not find one in the condition o would like to find one.
i still use mine
Cool
My first SLR camera was a Yashica, it's fundamentally similar - but with its own lens mount and had plus/minus/OK LEDs in the viewfinder. For sure, the needle is better, and it's more practical to have a Pentax mount classic camera.
And thanks for some Pentax love
If it has the C/Y (Contax/Yashica) mount the Yashica can take Zeiss lenses though
@@md-lc8gq ah yes i think it's the FX-3, should be Contax Yashica mount.
@@SianaGearz Considering needle vs LED I've thrown all practicality out of the window and shoot b/w sunny 16 with a meterless Nikon F eyelevel :P
Is the K1000 a bit overhyped? Possibly? However I recently got a hold of one as a costuming prop and as an attempt to jump into the deep end in retro film photography and personally, I would say the hype is justified. I found myself being far more deliberate and careful with composition and exposure when taking shots, especially when you have 36 shots rather than the thousands you can store on a memory card. There is also something very visceral and tactile about taking pictures with a purely mechanical camera, something you do not get with digital cameras. It reignited my passion for photography and the prints I got back so far have a lovely old fashioned aesthetic to them that digital can only approximate. "Instagram before Instagram", as I keep saying.
It might be seen as ironic as my very first film camera wasn't any fancy SLR but some no-name brand compact point and shoot that a relative got me as a present. I no longer have it as I think it developed a fault a long time ago and was discarded. The very first digital camera I had was a Fujifilm 6900zoom and my first DSLR was a Sony Alpha A100. So in a manner of speaking, I seem to have gone backwards in photographic medium. Back to my roots as it were.
If you compare K1000 prices to all the Nikkormats, Canon FTBs, Olympus OM1s, Pentax MXs and what else is out there you can definitely say its way overhyped.
I blame the hipsters and speculators. I will say I wouldn't pay the prices charged for a mint condition K1000. At least not at the time of writing. Personally I would recommend any buyers get a working but dented example and clean it up yourself.
So cute💞wish me luck
Im still learning like everyone else and I hope I win the giveaway to learn even more with the camera. I entered my picture to the hashtag.
Can you tell me how to share the picture that we take it on a film camera to a smartphone?
Hor Lovely you need to scan the negative into a computer, edit it to make the positive image, and then you can use it digitally.
niice
I still have that camera : )
Wasn't the K1000 Pentax's response to the Olympus OM1, which was groundbreaking for being a professional level camera system in a tiny body, compared with everything else available at the time?
The Pentax MX was. The K1000 was more of a response to the Praktica L series at that time
tabascosauce Man Wasn’t the Praktica L the East German answer to the Pentax Spotmatic, because it still had a standard size body. The Praktica L was my first SLR because it was cheap compared with the Japanese cameras and still did the job. I moved to the Olympus OM1 as soon as I had some proper money, after a brief flirtation with a Topcon beast of a system camera. I still have all my original Olympus gear. The body died some time back after too much tropical abuse, but the Zuiko lenses are still surprisingly clean and working. I managed to pick up some bargain priced bodies on ebay before analog cameras became fashionable again.
@@chrispatmore8944 Yes the Praktica Ls were the East German response to the standard sized mechanical japanese cameras like the Spotmatic, Nikkormat, etc.
However Pentax only came up with their new K mount in 75, two years after the OM-1 was released. This included the "standard sized" KX, KM and K2. As reaction to the OM system they killed off those new cameras after two years and already introduced the new compact models, MX and ME in 76. The K1000 also came out in 76 but only as a cheap alternative, thus making it more of a rival to the Prakticas than the OM system.
Hi Ian and the team, can we see the rest of the team that help make these great video's please. As it would be nice to see the people that make the video's with u. Keep up the great work
It's a one-woman team behind the camera and the editing desk - she might appear soon!
@@IanWongthank you for replying back. Well just want to say you guys are doing a great job, hope to see more great work. Thank you both, All way from London (U.K)
hi Ian. Sorry for an out of topic comment... really cool spectacles / sunglasses you have. I can't find anything like that. Could you give me the name, please?
I think manual focus is very difficult.
Because my poor eyes.......
The dumb thing about the K1000 is I've seen it sold for more than a KM (which is a nicer version of the K1000)
Pentax K1000s are just crazy expensive now, Minolta SRTs are way better in value now imo
I saw a lot of 5 for $1000 and many under$300 what's considered expensive?
*update the Japanese models are a bit more Money.
@@gewglesux I think more than $50 for a simple old SLR is kinda pushing it in terms of value, and anything over $100 to be considered expensive. You can get a plastic-body SLR from the 90s basically for free, and some of them work about as well.
How much would you pay for a Pentax K20D, a camera that was released maybe a decade ago and while no longer up to date, easily holds its own against a film camera and generates no running costs whatsoever - probably around $100, right?
@@SianaGearz
I Guess maybe I've been shopping in the wrong places.. I do make sure that when i shop for an older Body it works and works well. I also like to shoot with a body that has seen as little use(if possible) as possible. You might find better deals online..Amazon and Ebay... I tend not to trust those sellers as much.. So i go to shops most of the time and - yes they tend to have a higher price.
K20D? I sold one for a buddy of mine in my group for$125... Thats a lovely body... it was a gently use one too..
Also Nikkormats, Canon FTBs, Olympus OM1s, Pentax MXs and so on. Hell, even the OG Pentax Spotmatics are better value.
Pentax KWongthousand
I've had 4. All sold off. Then with sellers remorse, finally bought one back for keeps. No more selling. They're getting too expensive!
Get a KX or MX
tabascosauce Man I have each one of those models too but still prefer the K1000 for simplicity. The KX has a slightly more upgraded features but nothing to cry over. The MX is too small and I am not fond of the viewfinder and its display of speeds.
@@vangstr Well I'd say the KXs features are pretty useful if you aren't alone and only doing street photography
not sure which beginner would start with an a9, maybe a 6400 or 6500, or maybe a nikon d5000 series/canon 1200d, imo.
Same comparison really. The point was that there are tons of autofocus points and autofocus in general is a problematic way to learn.
I have Pentax K2000. I searched about it for million times but couldn't find anything to how to operate it.😃
Didn't search very much, did ya? ;P
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@@md-lc8gq haha seems like I still missed some. But I went to a local camera store today and found out the camera I owned is a Chinese modified Minolta body with Vivitar lens. And this is my story when I first tried to shoot on film. And thank you for the response.
@@tilakneupane4592 Np. If you want a step up from that camera, I'd suggest the Olympus OM1, Nikon Nikkormat FT2, Canon FTB and Minolta SRTs. All of those are pretty inexpensive, well-built, reliable and offer great lenses
@@md-lc8gq I`m from Nepal and we don't have Amazon and eBay here so we pretty much have to depend on local camera store and I am quite disappointed to buy from them. But I have noted down these camera mentioned by you and I will try to order from outside if they can ship here. Thank you again.
@@tilakneupane4592 Good luck then :)
First time story telling, lol
Dear Ian, how strange today I was using my Canon FTb which is the equivalent of the K1000 from the same era I and posted an entry on my blog, always enjoy your stuff, cheers. ( baldysblog.co.uk/2019/04/03/this-morning/)
Tell me about your first time.
It was a while ago . . . with my uncle . . . at a wedding.
*haha*
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Pssssh you amateurs and your K1000. Get a REAL camera to start on like my first, the Pentax SL. Wait...