The Watcher

In its day, the K1000 was the suggested camera for photography classes at many collages. It was reasonably priced and its manual operation made it a great learning tool. When my ex-wife wanted to learn photography, it was the camera I got her. She used it for many years, mostly on family. Recently she offered it to me, but I declined knowing it would end up living in my shed with my other old cameras.

blackest Loc: Ireland

There are quite a few af full frame lenses which do have aperture rings but there are 3 variations the f the fa and faj you need to check which have the aperture ring most of them will have the screw drive which is a long way from being silent but can be very fast almost violent. The best will have smc coatings.

DTran

May be I am wrong here but what is considered match needles metering system? I always thought match needles means there are 2 needles, one moves according to the shutter speed and/or aperture set and the other moves according to the light level. In the K1000 there is only 1 needle. Example would be the Minolta Sr-T series in which one needles moves solely by the light level and the other moves according to the aperture and shutter speed combination. Another example is the Pentax KX where one needle move solely with the shutter speed and the other moves according to the light level and the aperture set.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

"Match needle metering" can use two separate needles, or it can use a single needle that you center in a bracket. OR, it can be "Match LED" as in the Nikon FM. In manual mode, many modern cameras have a scale with a scale such as -3, -2, -1, +/-0, +1, +2, +3 that accomplishes the same thing as the match needle concept.

Ted H. Funk

Yes, of course the Pentax K1000 is a 35mm "full frame" camera---that's where the term comes
from since "full frame" in digital means the Sensor is the same format & size as 35mm film.
Most pros use only full frame digital models especially since a lot of them have many 35mm lenses which they can easily use on their full frame digital cameras, saving a lot of money this way and getting better quality in their digital images at the same time with the bigger Sensor.

Another great thing about the Pentax K1000 is that's an excellent "learning camera" since all
controls are Manual, no automation of any kind, which forces you to learn the basics of f/stops
and shutter speeds (something any serious photographer should know and fully understand!).
This will, hopefully, prevent you from routinely setting your digital camera on "P" or "A"!

carl hervol Loc: jacksonville florida

I have dx cameras and all i have are full frame lens.

blackest Loc: Ireland

mostly true for me too apart from a couple of kit lenses, my Pentax lenses are used on SLR and dSLR, and also micro 4 thirds. One of my m43 adapters even has aperture control so even a DA kit lens without an aperture ring can be used. I also sometimes use my Pentax lenses on my Canon Cameras too my eos600 and 1DX. Each lens may be using a crop factor of 1, 1.3, 1.5, or 2 depending on the body in use.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

I'm just reading your post now. the K1000 is a 35mm (24x36mm) film camera. I own one and have had three to date. So yes, such a camera is a "full frame" camera in from the digital perspective. There have actually been 35mm half-frame film cameras. I'm I correct in that you now have both a K1000 and a Spotmatic? Any comparisons? I own both too.