Strap: one centimeter wide cloth weave with black rubber Asahi Pentax shoulder grip
Location of manufacturing/assembling information: bottom plate sticker
#Serial number stickers with logo serial#
Location of serial number: Bottom plate engraved (Note: there is residue from a sticker on the bottom plate, which I assume showed the country of origin.)įocusing screen: Split screen with microprism collar Year of original purchase (if you know): unknown Weight (without batteries and body cap) (if you know): unknown Location of manufacturing/assembling information: None Manufactured/assembled in: No information "Bump" on top plate near revind crank: No Location of serial number: Bottom plate stampedĪsahi name above Pentax name on prism housing: YesĪsahi Opt.
#Serial number stickers with logo serial number#
engraved on the back of the top plate) and with the serial number stamped into the bottom plate, probably including a sticker with Hong Kong which again, most of us have lost.
Next production run was a top plate without a serial number (but still with Asahi Opt. My interpretation is that they moved the production away from Japan during the first production run ("with the bump") and they placed a sticker with Hong Kong on the bottom plate - most of those cameras have since lost that sticker, though. on the back side of the top plate on bodies with the bump. There may or may not be "Japan" engraved next to Asahi Opt. If your K1000 has a similar bump, it should be mentioned here.It appears so far that the "bump" coincides with the serial number being engraved on the top plate.
This is most likely some sort of transitional body, made in Japan. This is precisely where the battery check button is located on the KX, and an identical bump appears on the KM. *pulls down projection screen with images of CSSLDR's K1000 and pulls out a pointing stick*įirst of all, notice that while the serial number is engraved on the top plate à la Spotmatic and K-series-other-than-K1000, "Japan" does not appear on the back top plate of the camera.Īnd if you'll look here, between the rewind knob and the prism housing, notice the small raised area towards the back of the camera. Heads up, gang, there's a new feature of K1000s that we should be aware of.ĬSSLDR over at the "How Many K1000's" thread, and the thread that started this all, has an interesting camera:
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