This Pentax K1000 needs some disassembly to repair the light meter. This video is a good basic repair walk through showing how to remove the top and bottom covers.
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@f1remandgАй бұрын
Good to see you agaqin and good to see that your covering the vintage film and cameras.
@HackaweekTVАй бұрын
Thanks for watching. I love film cameras!
@truthreigns7 Жыл бұрын
Glad to have you back on you tube again, you were missed.
@4STEVEJOY34 Жыл бұрын
Can't tell you how many things I have fixed just by taking them apart and finding something broken. One thing I was not able to fix was a dishwasher timer with 16 sets of points all stacked and crimped together. Happy to see you back.
@paulgordon1642 Жыл бұрын
Great to see you back !
@luke27luis Жыл бұрын
Nice to see more videos! Old photography is interesting, so can't wait to see more! Happy new year, Dean!
@tylermegehe Жыл бұрын
Glad to see you back. Take care.
@tdumnxy Жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this video. Your channel has always been one of my favourites since you did the "Hack a week" project. I did enjoy the motorcycle builds. I particularly liked the electronics and arduino stuff. And the musical instrument restores and the loom ones. Well almost all of your videos really. Best wishes for the coming year. I did 6th grade in the US in 75-6 and I also have a Pentax K and an MX still up in the loft.
@HackaweekTV Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank you!
@paullawicki2604 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the vid. Found it informative on a light meter problem that I'm having with a k1000.
@robertking2966 Жыл бұрын
Wow, nice video. I got the cheap and easy fix by just taking off the bottom and soldering the broken lead back on & UV glue just to make sure. It was a 20 minute fix. thanks
@rhinomechanics8423 Жыл бұрын
welcome back my friend. Always interesting, always educational .
@jasoncraig405 Жыл бұрын
Awesome welcome back!
@hectorhidalgo65211 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video, I am trying to fix the light meter on my conon AE-1.
@drtnrao57 Жыл бұрын
Useful video, thanks.
@MrPazcar5 ай бұрын
Hi hackaweek..! Your video has served me a lot. Thank you very much. I can repair my camera K1000 pentax. Nice to me you. Carlos from argentina
@HackaweekTV5 ай бұрын
You are welcome.
@TheWibbo Жыл бұрын
Missed you, hope you get inspired to do some motorcycle stuff again in the future
@user-bm7hq9wx6s Жыл бұрын
Love this video. Went to my usual camera repair guy and told him the issue and he said there's no point in fixing the light meter. Which I was super deflated about. But my Pentax K1000 was given to me by my uncle when I was the same age as him when he started film photography when he bought the camera in the 80s. I wouldn't feel confident to take it apart like you have here but wondering how I can repair it so I can start using it again !
@robertknight46729 ай бұрын
I just find the possibility of fixing it intriguing. I have my dad's k1000 and I don't mind using a light meter app with it. I occasionally use a few older manual cameras that don't have any built-in meters at all.
@MalcolmChalmers6 ай бұрын
Very helpful video, thank you. I do kind of wish you had checked the battery holder wires first, as that was my problem as well. Oh well, it was a learning experience. 🙂
@rustyrobinson8027 Жыл бұрын
Thanks again 👍
@tomepalpintopinto17914 ай бұрын
Thank you so much
@HackaweekTV4 ай бұрын
You're most welcome
@cecilchilders7698 Жыл бұрын
Welcome Back Kotter🥸
@siskokidd Жыл бұрын
Good fixing! I've seen that sort of camera damage before, corroded battery related. I have a classic 35mm Konica with a highly rated lens awaiting repair, in fact. So your former Air Force brother, did he take pictures while serving? Anything cool? Has he scanned any negatives, and made them available for viewing? I would be interested in seeing them. Especially 50's and 60's era. Here in SoCal where I live, I look for vintage negatives and slides at estate sales. Some finds from that era have been spectacular!
@HackaweekTV Жыл бұрын
Most things my brother photographed were classified and he doesn't have that stuff. He photographed a lot of stuff from the belly of a C130. He also had the gruesome task of photographing crash sites and body parts. After his time in the Air Force he worked for Goodyear Aerospace for a while doing high speed film photography of chicken carcasses fired at cockpit windshields at mach 2! Fun stuff. :)
@lu4enp Жыл бұрын
I have an Spotmatic SP too, it works well except the light meter, it only reads well at the bulb position, i can adjust the needle with the aperture ring, but when i change the speeds it goes down, any idea or sugestion? Thanks in advance.
@enado1811 ай бұрын
Thanks for this video, the light meter on my KM isn’t working, I’ll start by opening the bottom, it looks less scary there. What camera, lens and microphone do you record your videos with? It’s all so clear!
@robertknight46729 ай бұрын
I have a k1000 and also a Kodak brownie camera that takes 620 film. Film Photography Project does actually sell respooled 120 film for 620 cameras and they also manufacture and their own 620 spools. The light meter needle in my Pentax moves but it's not accurate. I had severely underexposed roll of film and I did make sure the film speed selector matched the the film I was using.
@TheVdub19805 ай бұрын
I have one of these. The light meter is broken, and I can see a dead bug in the viewfinder. Shame you don't show the actual repair otherwise very informative, thanks
@JayGreezy Жыл бұрын
nice, I just picked up a K1000 for $30 and was hoping to fix the light meter. Funny that you're in Asheville, I lived there for 15 years. My buddy Micah Mackenzie is a photographer there, wonder if you know him. Take care
@robinj.9329 Жыл бұрын
I hear a roaster 🐓 crowing in the background! You must be out in Farm 🚜 country!!!
@mikepxg6406 Жыл бұрын
Not all K1000 shutter speed retaining screws are left handed. early made in Japan versions are right handed like the Spotmatic F.
@HackaweekTV Жыл бұрын
Yes I'm finding that tings changed as they progressed through the models.
@mikepxg6406 Жыл бұрын
You don’t need to remove the 3 tiny grub screws from the frame counter cover just loosen them.
@HackaweekTV Жыл бұрын
Yes I realized that afterwards.
@truthreigns7 Жыл бұрын
Is the resto-euro channel gone? I cannot find it.
@HackaweekTV Жыл бұрын
Yes. I closed the biz...
@doozledumbler5393 Жыл бұрын
What a coincidence, the same wire had snapped off on mine too. I couldn't find the black wire to pull back through the camera though.
@HackaweekTV Жыл бұрын
It's a common problem with the K1000.
@mikepxg6406 Жыл бұрын
Can’t believe how you forced off the pentaprism. The focusing screen must be scratched.
@HackaweekTV Жыл бұрын
Well believe it and no, it's not scratched. I'm on a learning curve here. I realized a better way to remove it after this work. Sometimes that's how learning new things works. There's not a lot of documentation out there on these but since then I found this: pentax-manuals.com/manuals/service/servicemanuals.htm
@ShanesOutdoors9 ай бұрын
Still looking forward to more rocket videos Rick Sanchez from Rick and Morty.
@HackaweekTV9 ай бұрын
Spring 24
@museonfilm8919 Жыл бұрын
The K1000, as you say, is a great workhorse. No frills or gimmicks. I have 3 of those, and my Pentax prime lenses are amongst the best I've used. Still a good bargain camera in 2023, but they're creeping up in price, soooo....................................
@sebahmomoachref4773 Жыл бұрын
I have one of this camera 📸
@PocketBrain Жыл бұрын
Whaasat? I have a K1000!
@DarrenLandrum Жыл бұрын
If I did this, I would end up with parts left over.
@adamhymel23866 ай бұрын
The whole point of me watching this was the repair for a light meter and you completely skip over the whole actual repair lol
@HackaweekTV6 ай бұрын
It's the wire at the battery. It simply needed to be replaced and reconnected to the holder.
@WilliamWallaceRoss Жыл бұрын
I will replace the battery and if it doesn't work, well, it will go into my historical camera archive. It worked before I changed the roll of film and then it sat for almost a year without use, so, I am hoping the battery died.