Pentax K1000/50mm 1.7/Film... Pic heavy

[jcdeboever]

Yep. The sensors Pentax put in the K1000's weren't very good.

OK, it's late on a Friday night. Meant the light meter-sensor-indicator-thingamabob. You know..... that little movey thingy at the bottom.

Man, I need to go to bed.

If you mean the meter quit, there might be a very simple fix. All you need is a 2.0mm JIS screwdriver to find out. (you might get away with a small 'phillips' jewelers screwdriver, but you run the risk of damaging screws)

Start by removing the battery, and lay it and the battery holder/cover aside.

Remove the three screws that hold the bottom plate on the camera. Important note: Although all 3 are the same thread size & pitch, the middle one has a slightly smaller head. So you'll need to keep track of that one. Once the 3 screws are safely stowed away, separate the bottom cover of the camera by pulling it straight away from the body.

The place where the button battery sits is a small, moulded plastic piece held on by another 3 screws. Remove those screws. There might be a small wire in the way of one, so you'll need be carefully move it out of the way. Then, the plastic battery part should simply lift away from the camera. But don't pull too hard.... there's a wire attached to the other side.

Or..... is there? If the connection got corroded, the wire has become disconnected from the battery terminal attached to the plastic piece. If you have access to a small soldering rig, you can simply resolder the connection and reassemble everything.

Presto! A working K1000 meter!

I've rejuvenated 5 or 6 K1000s 'dead meters' this way over the years.

Excellent breakdown, spot on. I can't believe you remembered all that, amazing!

 

[Warhorse]

Those pictures are great!

You apparently did a wonderful job on the restoration of that camera.

 

[bulldurham6 1]

Odd. I found the sensors in the K1000's to be quite accurate. I have a box full of them I've picked up over the years...some work better than others. When it came to the film portion of my class, the students picked the K1000's over the FM2's everytime.

 

[IronMaskDuval]

Great set! Did you find a usb adapter that you could tape to the film to plug into lightroom for post processing?

 

[gsgary]

What film were you using ?

 

[jcdeboever]

What film were you using ?

According to my notes, it was Kodak T-Max 400 B&W. Dwayne's photo processed them. I am not super excited for the film to be honest, not sure why, but it lacks something.

I used to have a preference for a certain film (when I developed them) and I can't remember what it was. I think it was Ilford Delta 400 or HP5. Might of been ADOX Silvermax as well because I recently threw out an empty bottle of the ADOX Silvermax developer. I am not a film expert but I know what I like when I see it, like your recent post of the hunters. I am not sure if I am saying this right but I like a silvery, tight grain, quality if that makes sense. I have very little interest in developing, I was never really into it. I did it because it was cheaper to do it myself, and hang out with my uncle. I know a lot of people love to develop their own and I get it but I am just not that into it. My uncle taught me how to do it years ago and he was really into it, so I did it to impress him.

 

[gsgary]

What film were you using ?

According to my notes, it was Kodak T-Max 400 B&W. Dwayne's photo processed them. I am not super excited for the film to be honest, not sure why, but it lacks something.

I used to have a preference for a certain film (when I developed them) and I can't remember what it was. I think it was Ilford Delta 400 or HP5. Might of been ADOX Silvermax as well because I recently threw out an empty bottle of the ADOX Silvermax developer. I am not a film expert but I know what I like when I see it, like your recent post of the hunters. I am not sure if I am saying this right but I like a silvery, tight grain, quality if that makes sense. I have very little interest in developing, I was never really into it. I did it because it was cheaper to do it myself, and hang out with my uncle. I know a lot of people love to develop their own and I get it but I am just not that into it. My uncle taught me how to do it years ago and he was really into it, so I did it to impress him.

If you developed your own you will have more control of how it looks, I'm going to fire up my laptop and post some HP5 shots (my favourite 400)

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[gsgary]

I love HP5 at iso800

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[jcdeboever]

I love HP5 at iso800

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So, if I find it is that film, I should tell them to push it to 800? It sounds familiar, I think that it what I was doing. I was fighting a lot in those days and probably had a few concussions because I can't remember jack from those days.

 

[gsgary]

I love HP5 at iso800

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So, if I find it is that film, I should tell them to push it to 800? It sounds familiar, I think that it what I was doing. I was fighting a lot in those days and probably had a few concussions because I can't remember jack from those days.

If you shoot it at 800 I like the contrasty look

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[jcdeboever]

I love HP5 at iso800

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So, if I find it is that film, I should tell them to push it to 800? It sounds familiar, I think that it what I was doing. I was fighting a lot in those days and probably had a few concussions because I can't remember jack from those days.

If you shoot it at 800 I like the contrasty look

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Will give it a try sir. Gonna be a while but just dropped a note in the Pentax bag.

 

[gsgary]

I would try a roll of HP5, some examples at iso800

at 400

 

[jcdeboever]

I would try a roll of HP5, some examples at iso800

at 400

That's the look! Man, thank you so much for doing that, I really appreciate it.

 

[Photosensitive]

Excellent set of images.....

 

[gsgary]

People say that HP5 should not be developed in Rodinal, stand developed in the fridge for
1 hour, M4-2 and my new then Voigtlander 50F1.5asph wide open at F1.5