Originally posted by lotech I don't know what the KM looks like.
Originally posted by ismaelg I love my KM, probably because it feels like the K1000
Originally posted by andrewd One thing that has put me off a Spotmatic F, KM or K1000 is the meter system which is always on
The KM looks like a K1000. In fact the K1000 was exactly a KM with some features removed, most notably the self-timer. It was introduced a year later than the KM as a cheaper version, and soon replaced it. The KM was already the budget camera of the K-Series, being a Spotmatic with the M42 screw mount replaced by the K mount. As the Spotmatics were basically a design of the mid 1960's, the KM and K1000 were already rather dated even when they were launched a decade later, particularly with regard to the metering, but this did not matter to their target market.