Originally posted by Ontarian50
I think it would be a shame to muck up a perfectly good KX by taking out the meter.
I agree with suggestions about using a K1000. Even better if you can find one with a dud meter. It wouldn't be too hard to remove the meter with its needle. A little bit of dexterity with some thin blackout tape can blank out the metering bracket too.
Soooo .... what you really are after is a Pentax K version of a plain-prism Nikon F?
Probably a F2 as the F has more mirror bounce.
But I can cope with the compelling distraction of the needle and cut out if the battery is removed.
And that is simple to do.
Though everyone is different in the distraction domain.
I don't mind the missing bits as they don't distract... Stop down, self timer, etc.
I'd spend all day watching the needle it is like a hypodermic needle...