[thunderbrick]

Looking for a Pentax K1000 camera/lens for my grandson.  Wouldn't rule out buying a multi-lens outfit.  PM me if you have anything available. 

Thanks,

'brick

[bside123]

PM Sent!

[Bob in St. Louis]

Find one yet?
I've got an old SLR Pentax. Not a K1000 though, but if you're still in need, I'll find it and see what it is.

[Bob in St. Louis]

As soon as I clicked [post], I remembered this old thread:
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=60499.msg539790#msg539790

[thunderbrick]

Bob, with a lot of help from AC member bside123 (Din)    over in Southern Illinois, my grandson is the proud owner of a three-lens K1000 outfit, with tripod, bag, and flash!  Christmas came early for the 14-year old this year!   

[jmdesignz2]

Interesting - what sparked their interest in this particular model?

[thunderbrick]

Apparently it was the same model his mother used in college.   They are still in demand for college photography classes.

[JakeJ]

That's pretty cool.  Hope you post some of his work when available.

[dB Cooper]

That's about the age I got my first quasi-serious camera. Good choice. High quality, simple operation, and used Pentax glass is much more affordable than Nikon or Canon. He will learn 10x as much about making a good photograph with that camera than he would with a digital camera like most of his friends will probably get. Film- and manual exposure and focus- teach you discipline that just blasting away taking 100 almost-identical photos and hoping one "turns out" better doesn't. That discipline pays off in better photographs IMHO.

[thunderbrick]

 

[Bob in St. Louis]

Sorry for the delayed reply... I never got email of topic reply. 
Glad to hear the little fella is all fixed up!

[mca]

Very cool!

[SET Man]

.... He will learn 10x as much about making a good photograph with that camera than he would with a digital camera like most of his friends will probably get. Film- and manual exposure and focus- teach you discipline that just blasting away taking 100 almost-identical photos and hoping one "turns out" better doesn't. That discipline pays off in better photographs IMHO.

Hey!

    Yup, 100% agreed on that. With film you need to be more precise than digital actually. Using film needs a different mentality than using digital.

    I still like to use film, actually so far this year 2016 I think I used my film cameras a bit more than my digital. Although sometime I'd go out with both film and digital cameras.

    Well, I actually started my photography when I was about 13, around the same age as your grandson now. There were no digital camera back than. Anyway, lucky kid. Now next step is to give him a roll of Tri-X and show him how to develop it himself 

Take care,
Buddy