Photography Herman Yung Photography Herman Yung

Look at this RED Pentax 6x7

This is hilarious. There’s a Pentax 6x7 setup on eBay that is selling for $1779. Quite a high mark-up for this particular version of the Pentax 6x7 TTL MLU. What makes this maybe worth the listing price is the fact that somebody decided to paint this baby RED.

UPDATE: Added a lot more photos.

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Photography Herman Yung Photography Herman Yung

How to use the Pentax K1000

This is the camera that brought me into the photo world. The one I used was owned by an early photo teacher of mine way back in middle school and he let me borrow it almost indefinitely and I shot a lot of my early images on this camera. I’ll show those here one day. :)

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Photography Herman Yung Photography Herman Yung

Watch this Pentax K1000 get cleaned and refurbished

One of the earliest cameras I ever shot on was a Pentax K1000. It's one of the gold-standards of film photography and often suggested to film students who are just starting out and need a reliable and affordable camera to play with (you can easily find this camera for under $100 on eBay).

I still recommend this camera to people who are looking to buy their first film camera (odd thing to say, but yeah...). Watch this video of one being completely gutted and restored to near-original beauty.

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