johny

Hi guys and girls!
I am having hard time to find a replacement pentaprism for my first camera, a Pentax K 1000, that I got for graduation present from my departed mom. I am very attached to that camera, and I want to fix it, buy another one to strip the pentaprism is a option, but right now the good ones may be in the $400, (a shame to take for parts) so I am waiting to find one damaged with a good pentaprism. A options is a different model that share the same pentaprism, but I can not find any informations about. Dos anybody have any knowledge to share?
Tank’s

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

KEH has Pentax K1000 for under $200

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

I have one I haven’t used in years--I think it still works ok. I’ll let it go for $125.00
Send me a pm.

AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire

jaymatt is a very decent and reputable guy. If you want to repair your camera, this is a good offer.

Andy

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

They are all over eBay for less than $50 to around $150. Even if the $50 ones have issues all you want if the pentaprism the the rest could be used for future spare parts.

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

I regularly see ugly, broken K1000's on eBay for under $15 - knobs missing, etc. Sometimes they are sold/auctioned grouped together in lots with other broken cameras and random pieces of accessory.

As long as the prism is intact, the condition of the rest of the camera doesn't really matter.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

Feast your eyes on these K 1000's. I am sure you will find one that suits your needs. Good luck and keep on shooooooooooooooooothing until the end.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=Pentax+K+1000&_sacat=0

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Thanks, Andy.

chrisg-optical Loc: New York, NY

You can usually get a good used version for a lot less than $400.

lsimpkins Loc: SE Pennsylvania

You should post this question on PentaxForums. More than one individual there does camera repairs and should be able to help. If you intend to use the camera, a CLA would probably be advisable, too.

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The sister models are the KM [nearly identical]
and KX [improved meter and prism on a KM].
Both are somewhat rare, intro'd just before the
Pentax line physically shrank and became the
M-series [on influence of the Olympus OM line].

When the M-series "took over", Pentax then
dropped the DoF preview and self timer off of
the KM and that became the K1000, a way to
amortize the the KM/KX chassis that was now
suddenly too large for the marketplace, given
the industry had succumbed to the shrinking
craze [due to Olympus's OM].

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The K1000 was so successful at amortizing the
big chassis that it outlived that job, moved to
Hong Kong production, and remained as a very
popular bargain, being so solid and affordable.
It outlived the whole M-series, remaining as a
"living fossil" while the rest of the Pentax line
followed the Minolta Maxxum model ... as did
every other brand.

If you luck out and find a KX, IIRC it's the same
prism but with better coatings, therefor brighter
in the viewfinder. As I said, the KM and KX were
declared "too large" by the marketplace, almost
right after intro. So they are rare. The Nikormat
had been around for years, but it also shrank to
become the FM and FE, etc etc etc all across the
industry ... but the Nikormat was old, and so it
was fully amortized. Likewise the SRT, FTb, etc.
were all replaced by more compact models.

Lotsa luck on your quest.

.

BebuLamar

I will sell you my good K1000 for $100.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

$400 for a K1000???? Lots of dreamera out there. I have about 15 of them and would LOVE to get even $200 out of any of them. Unfortunately that is not going to happen!

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

There are five or six on ebay right now for $55.00 or under (buy it now) and a few sitting at $10.00 each auction.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=pentax+K1000&_sacat=0&_udhi=55&rt=nc&LH_BIN=1


for parts or not working are about $25.00 each

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=pentax+K1000&_sacat=0&_udhi=55&LH_BIN=1&rt=nc&LH_ItemCondition=7000

BebuLamar

Are yours new? Of course those that made later are less desirable in my opinion but a new one is nice.