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Hey everyone! So I pulled out my Pentax K1000 the other day for the first time in about ten years. Was hoping to get into shooting a little film again. However I found something that I had recently been reading about being a problem on these Chinese made cameras. The prism had unfortunately started to desilver. I’ve been doing research on this and learned a lot about it and what can be done. But I haven’t seen anyone say Whether or not the camera is still usable. When I look through the viewfinder it really doesn’t bother me that much. And I’m pretty sure it won’t affect the image. But will it affect the metering at all? Everything else about the camera is still good so if I can tolerate a little ink blot I will until I figure out if I want to do anything about it. Thanks!