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The Pentax K1000 is the film camera for learning photography. It was, and often still is, the camera loaned to students taking an introductory film photography course. It was the same camera that ...
Looking for a camera that can withstand any condition or circumstance? Enter the Pentax WG-1000. While the shots the camera produces aren’t the sharpest, there is no compromise on color and ...
As a user of an Asahi Pentax ME, you will not have to waste time making calculations ... For those unfamiliar, besides being used for that ubiquitous student camera, the K1000, the K-mount was ...
We’ve tested the K-50 with 28 lens models, ranging in focal length from 10mm (equivalent to 15mm in full-frame 35mm angle of view) with the Tamron SP 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 Di II LD Aspherical IF up to ...
Sure, you can get used film cameras with more features for less money, like the Pentax K1000 and 50mm f/2 lens, which was my first film camera (though I think it cost me only $80 to $100 back in ...
The last surviving member of a storied Japanese Canadian baseball team has died at the age of 102 in Kamloops, B.C. Kaye Kaminishi was a part of the legendary Vancouver Asahi team that played in ...
He had his Pentax K1000 with him and snapped a photograph. A lot of the negatives from that era were thrown away during one of the many moves—from Montreal to Seattle to Phoenix to New York to ...
Also worth a mention: Exakta Kine, Pentax 645, Rollei 35, Zeiss Ikon Contarex, Leica M6, Linhof Technika, Pentax K1000, Leica III, Olympus Trip, Canon AE-1 Tech journalism's answer to The Littlest ...
In fact, there are many photos from the early 1960s showing Paul, John, George and Ringo with various Asahi Pentax 35mm SLRs and appears these cameras were most likely private purchases, but by the ...
Film and Pentax are a perfect match given its rich film camera heritage with legendary cameras like the K1000, and it makes sense for Pentax to focus on film instead of the dormant DSLR camera ...
Now, Ricoh has introduced its new Pentax K-3 III Monochrome, which provides an extremely versatile option for those photographers looking to simply capture light and shadow. The heart of the Pentax ...
The Pentax KX was the successor to the Pentax Spotmatic F, but it is far more than just a fancy F. Introduced in 1975, it was one of the first Pentax K-mount SLRs. With this new series of cameras, ...