K1000 with SE sticker

dcbarnard · 03-12-2012, 09:19 PM

Hello - I am new to Pentax film cameras and have a K1000 that has a silver SE sticker where the engraves SE would be. It has a horizontal split focus with a prism ring. Is this a K1000 or K1000SE? Your help is appreciated.

magkelly · 03-12-2012, 09:44 PM

The SE has a diagonal split screen I believe. Sticker might have been an add on. Somebody wanted to make it look like an SE in the shop maybe to make it seem more exclusive?

Paul Ewins · 03-13-2012, 12:19 AM

My K1000 had the horizontal split screen and it wasn't an SE.

Swift1 · 03-13-2012, 09:23 AM

Originally posted by magkelly

The SE has a diagonal split screen I believe. Sticker might have been an add on. Somebody wanted to make it look like an SE in the shop maybe to make it seem more exclusive?

Both K1000 SE bodies I owned had a horizontal split image screen.
My guess is that the OP has a very late K1000 SE with a plastic top plate.
To save manufacturing costs, maybe they took a plain K1000, put a split screen in and then a SE sticker on it.

dcbarnard · 03-13-2012, 04:38 PM

Thanks for your responses. The SSN on this camera is consistent with a '77 - '78 purchase date. The top and bottom plates are metal and the sticker appears to be of the same period as the camera.

Swift1 · 03-13-2012, 06:17 PM

Interesting, do you have any photos?
What us the ISO range?. Does it have ISO 20?
Does it have a microprism collar around the split image?

dcbarnard · 03-15-2012, 07:12 PM

Just took a few. The ISO range is 20 to 3200 and the split image has a microprism collar.

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Swift1 · 03-17-2012, 02:56 PM

Cool leatherette.
Looks like maybe a very early SE model. It's got the early top with the bump between the prism and rewind.

stevebrot · 03-17-2012, 07:02 PM

Originally posted by Swift1

Cool leatherette.
Looks like maybe a very early SE model. It's got the early top with the bump between the prism and rewind.

Yes, cool leatherette...not original, perhaps?

I don't know about this camera. It appears to be an early body, but the SE sticker seems like an afterthought. Is there any chance this was a regional model, say Europe or Japan only?

One thing I noticed...broken rewind lever?

Steve

dcbarnard · 03-18-2012, 07:00 AM

The rewind lever works. It could be a regional model, but would have had to travel quite a long way. It was bought at the local swap meet here in Southern Cal.

**gofour3** · 03-18-2012, 07:54 AM

The K1000SE should have the s/n on the bottom plate and they are not made in Japan. Yours looks like an original 1976 K1000 possibly with a Honeywell modification.

Phil.

stevebrot · 03-18-2012, 10:54 AM

Originally posted by dcbarnard

The rewind lever works.

My mistake! The screen on my laptop is a little too contrasty and it looked like the lever had "slumped" in the way that they do when the spring is gone.

Steve

dcbarnard · 03-18-2012, 05:52 PM

No worries. Thanks for the response. Thanks to everyone. There are many forums out there that are not friendly. This one is and then some.

builttospill · 03-18-2012, 06:12 PM

I thought the same thing Steve when I saw the first photo. It looked like the rewind lever was missing from the knob due to it being almost the same color as the background.

The leatherette looks really nice!

Swift1 · 03-19-2012, 07:48 PM

This is from Bojidar Dimitrov's K-Mount Page K1000 under K1000 SE.
"This body is basically a K1000 with a slightly increased film ISO-range and a split-image/microprism/matte focusing screen"

He lists the K1000 SE iso range as 20-3200. He lists the K1000 iso range as 32-3200.

03-12-2012, 09:19 PM	#1
dcbarnard New Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 6	K1000 with SE sticker Hello - I am new to Pentax film cameras and have a K1000 that has a silver SE sticker where the engraves SE would be. It has a horizontal split focus with a prism ring. Is this a K1000 or K1000SE? Your help is appreciated.

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03-12-2012, 09:44 PM	#2
magkelly Veteran Member Join Date: May 2010 Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,901	The SE has a diagonal split screen I believe. Sticker might have been an add on. Somebody wanted to make it look like an SE in the shop maybe to make it seem more exclusive?

03-13-2012, 12:19 AM	#3
Paul Ewins Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Melbourne, Australia Photos: Albums Posts: 274	My K1000 had the horizontal split screen and it wasn't an SE.

03-13-2012, 09:23 AM	#4
Swift1 Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Oregon Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,079	Originally posted by magkelly The SE has a diagonal split screen I believe. Sticker might have been an add on. Somebody wanted to make it look like an SE in the shop maybe to make it seem more exclusive? Both K1000 SE bodies I owned had a horizontal split image screen. My guess is that the OP has a very late K1000 SE with a plastic top plate. To save manufacturing costs, maybe they took a plain K1000, put a split screen in and then a SE sticker on it.

03-13-2012, 04:38 PM	#5
dcbarnard New Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 6 Original Poster	Thanks for your responses. The SSN on this camera is consistent with a '77 - '78 purchase date. The top and bottom plates are metal and the sticker appears to be of the same period as the camera.

03-13-2012, 06:17 PM	#6
Swift1 Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Oregon Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,079	Interesting, do you have any photos? What us the ISO range?. Does it have ISO 20? Does it have a microprism collar around the split image?

03-17-2012, 02:56 PM	#8
Swift1 Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Oregon Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,079	Cool leatherette. Looks like maybe a very early SE model. It's got the early top with the bump between the prism and rewind.

03-17-2012, 07:02 PM	#9
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007	Originally posted by Swift1 Cool leatherette. Looks like maybe a very early SE model. It's got the early top with the bump between the prism and rewind. Yes, cool leatherette...not original, perhaps? I don't know about this camera. It appears to be an early body, but the SE sticker seems like an afterthought. Is there any chance this was a regional model, say Europe or Japan only? One thing I noticed...broken rewind lever? Steve

03-18-2012, 07:00 AM	#10
dcbarnard New Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 6 Original Poster	The rewind lever works. It could be a regional model, but would have had to travel quite a long way. It was bought at the local swap meet here in Southern Cal.

03-18-2012, 10:54 AM	#12
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007	Originally posted by dcbarnard The rewind lever works. My mistake! The screen on my laptop is a little too contrasty and it looked like the lever had "slumped" in the way that they do when the spring is gone. Steve

03-18-2012, 05:52 PM	#13
dcbarnard New Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 6 Original Poster	No worries. Thanks for the response. Thanks to everyone. There are many forums out there that are not friendly. This one is and then some.

03-18-2012, 06:12 PM	#14
builttospill Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Utah, Idaho Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,398	I thought the same thing Steve when I saw the first photo. It looked like the rewind lever was missing from the knob due to it being almost the same color as the background. The leatherette looks really nice!

03-19-2012, 07:48 PM	#15
Swift1 Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Oregon Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,079	This is from Bojidar Dimitrov's K-Mount Page K1000 under K1000 SE. "This body is basically a K1000 with a slightly increased film ISO-range and a split-image/microprism/matte focusing screen" He lists the K1000 SE iso range as 20-3200. He lists the K1000 iso range as 32-3200.