r/pentax

Four years worth of catalogs. (1985, 86, 8, and 89)

The K1000 shows up in all of them, which isn't surprising. Pentax sold millions of them. It'd be my second choice, behind the LX.

The first lens I would get would have been the 50mm f1.7, followed by the 28mm f2.8.

I would also take the Spotmeter V over the Digital Spotmeter.

Other pages:

• Olympus https://www.reddit.com/r/OlympusCamera/comments/1uhxo0q/olympus_film_cameras_from_19851989/
• Nikon https://www.reddit.com/r/Nikon/comments/1uamwto/nikons_from_1986/
• Canon https://www.reddit.com/r/canon/comments/1u9n7oc/canons_from_1986_competitive_camera_corp_catalogue/
• Minolta https://www.reddit.com/r/minolta/comments/1u5sbcf/minoltas_from_a_1986_competitive_camera_corp/

I have two Pentax *ist DS.

Camera 1) has a bad sensor and a good board.

Camera 2) has seemingly a bad SD card reader (SD locked error no matter the SD card 1-4gb) and a good sensor.

Has anybody changed a board without having to unsolder the board on one of these cameras? OR any idea of how to get the SD reader to work. It's not the memory card, I know that for a fact.

20 year old technology is proving to be a bit more difficult than I'm used to. Any tips are appreciated.

Photo 1 :

Super Program, SMC Pentax-A 35-105mm f3.5, ME2 winder w cable release, loaded with Kodacolor 100.

This photo was taken on my 2nd body Super Program, Samyang 85mm f1.4, on Cinestill 800T.

Photo 2:

This was taken with the Setup showed in Photo 1.

500mm Reflector lens F8, ISO100. About 1/125 seconds, on my tripod. Shot July 2.

Film scan day! First rolls through my new black MX. It seems to me to be metering too bright :(
In direct sun the meter wants me to stop way down at 1/1000 to achieve a proper exposure. However, most of my shots were underexposed by 1-2 stops. (pics 1-5)

I also picked up a Pentax AF200T flash. The flash photos shot with the black MX came out properly exposed (pics 6-8), using the settings listed on the flash unit (f8, 1/60) so it would appear the camera is working but the metering is off.

The ebay seller has been wonderful as they've already agreed to pay to have the camera sent back to them to inspect the quirky self-timer. I was waiting to finish my roll of film to send it off in the mail when my scans came in and revealed the dark exposures. Not sure if they can fix it or not, but the ebay is taking a personal responsibility to make it right which is great.

I was so impressed with the that I bought a silver MX from them. Among my justifications to make that purchase, I've decided to let the kids use the family k1000's and I get a couple of fully functional MX bodies to allow me to shoot film into my old age. Its been great having two bodies for my lenses to ride on. The 12-roll film stash came in the mail so the black MX is loaded with black and white while the silver is rocking some Kodak Gold 200.

Shots 9 and 10 were another roll on dad's old k1000 using the various lenses I've collected. I think 22/36 were keepers off that roll, so its not me being inept at metering...

At the end of 3 rolls I have 40+ shots I love and its been fun having a film kit to run alongside my digital gear. Hoping there is a simple resolution to the black MX, who's mirror stays up after firing a shot using the self-timer, only when a lens is on...

Thanks for reading. Happy to hear any advice, comments, camera chats

Kodak Vision3 500T, 85B, Pentax-FA 77mm Limited, Pentax Super Program.

Scanned Epson v850 @ 3200 DPI with SilverFast 9.

Edited in Affinity 2.

I had shot 500T before based on some threads I'd seen but couldn't get the colours in daylight the way I wanted. 85B is the way to go.

I hated how long it took to paint out the dust so I'll stick to regular film emulsions now where I can use the infrared dust subtraction in SilverFast

It's a Bigma at a secondhand store and the sales clerk doesn't know anything about cameras. ChatGPT is confident that it's a K-mount lens.

My Camera Collection

Mostly Pentax, with a few other treasures, including lenses

Monterey Bay Aquarium

pretty sure I was sporting the takumar 50mm f1.4 when this was taken

40 Euro... no dust, no fungus, fully workt. If you wounder how to get this lens usually priced at 100 for 40... it was the one single seller that didnt use the price control app for Ebay and other markets. IMO a fair price for a lens, that gives bokeh but lacks sharpness of nowadays lenses.

I was also looking to "something better", e.g. the HD PENTAX-D FA★ 50mmF1.4 SDM AW but there quite a lot with "autofocus defect" and still sold for 300 dollars or 250 Euro. Ridiculous, and I cant do macro shots with them becuase Pentax had the stupid idea to have the aperture motor driven (and closed when detached or at macro tubes).

First time using black and white pretty cool I think

When I turn it on, it seems fine. I can take one photo, which saves, but then when I take a second photo, the whole camera freezes up. No response from any of the buttons. I have to pull the battery and reinsert it, then it resets. Am I boned here?

I can stop whenever I want, I’m sure of it.