I inherited a Pentax K1000 from my Grandfather
She said I could have it and handed me the bag containing the camera, an early model Ser. 648****, made in Japan in the late 70's based on a serial number database, along with 4 lenses. It came with a roll of 35mm 400 ASA film that had not been loaded. Unfortunately, there was no undeveloped film in the camera. I was hoping to see him posing or feeding the deer maybe, but no, it was empty. I loaded the roll into the camera and started shooting with it, starting with my dad and moving onto my mom and some cool trains behind their house. I was visiting for the funeral, so I took a walk with the new to me Pentax.
Yesterday, I found an adapter to mount the Pentax lenses to my Song E-body. I took a photo of the camera with one if it's lenses. How's that for full circle? This picture is straight out of the camera, no editing at all. To be honest, I rarely edit my photos. But, again, that's another story. I just wanted to share and hope that you can enjoy this photo as much as I do.
Thank you.
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