pentax k1000
there is nothing spectacular about these images, but they mean a lot to me. they were all taken with my very first camera i received for christmas...sometime around 1980. this was the camera i used to photograph the high school yearbook photos, my crazy, wonderful friends, developed negatives from in 4-h. i didn't know a thing about it. surprised any of my photos even turned out back then. but they did. it was like magic. all i knew is that i needed to get the needle to center in the middle of the brackets at the far right.
anyway, it does feel amazing to me sometimes that i found my way back to to photography through my kids. and that i kept that little camera for almost thirty years and now have the opportunity to use it with my kids. (not sure how much i will be using it, i can't focus it for the life of me--these are the lucky shots :) now i know a lot more about photography. i know that the little needle to the right is the meter--and that a hand held meter is more reliable. i know i like the 50mm 2.0 kit lens that came with it better then the fancy 5.0 zoomy lens my mom and dad got me to go with it...i thought that was the best back in the day.
here are the photos that made me think of my little pentax k1000. they are photos my grandmother took of me thirty some years ago, horrible scans, horrible hair. goodness. ok. enough reminiscing.
xo.
01.27.2011 | 13 Comments
Reader Comments (13)
love your nostalia too! how fun. beautiful kids pics as well. how do you get them to hold still long enough!?
omg. i'm so excited to see this post. my first, very special 35 mm slr was the pentax k1000!!!! and honestly your scan of you 30 years ago could be me, same smile and all. i wish i could find mine. i have found my sigma fancy telephoto lens... hopefully camera will appear someday soon. thank you soooooooooooooooooooooooo much for sharing!!!!
looking back i think that might be the happiest i ever was getting a christmas preset. even to this day. i have always been the "better not pout" type. not pouting here one bit :)
This post hits home, I just recently discovered an old Pentax K1000, and I love capturing little moments of my life on film. Such a welcome change from my DSLR!
Thanks so sharing these beautiful images, and love the scans!
How exciting to see. I wish I would have kept my old polaroid camera....was my first camera....dang. These are pretty incredible!
Looking forward to meeting you in 2 weeks. :)
Recently pulled my old k1000 out and have started shooting with it again too. It's crazy how good I used to be with the manual focus and how out of practice I am now! Some of my favorite images ever were taken with that camera ... it's like an old beloved friend.
So much fun! I still have my Yashica film camera that I bought in 1985 while living overseas in Japan my senior year of high school. I used it for yearbook, best friends, boyfriends, photos of my room (my posters--The Outsiders and The English Beat) and days out in the city. I love looking back at those photos and knowing I wasn't worried about the golden hour, backlight, DOF, the rule of thirds... I just took the photos. I hope to dig it out of the attic soon.
These are so wonderful. My grandfather's Mamiyaflex sits on our mantle begging to be used again....Maybe 29 Palms:)
oh, man. makes me so sad i don't have my first cameras! my first official slr film camera went kaput while in nyc my very first time. how wrong is that! i love this post. i love your images.
This was my first SLR - It was given to me on my 12th birthday and I still have it! It holds a special place in my heart too..... Thanks for the post. Beautiful images!