I was scouring garage sales a few years ago when a glint of silver caught my eye. There, among a table of random household detritus, was a Pentax K1000, a retro film camera, SLR style, with a 50mm lens attached. At the time, I hadn’t shot with anything beyond instant film since the little point-and-shoot I’d used in my childhood, but I just couldn’t leave it behind. I dug US$10 (about £7 / AU$15 / CA$14) out of my wallet and brought it home with me.
The K1000 decorated my shelf for a few years before I finally found the courage to load some black and white film inside and see if it even still worked. By then, I owned two K1000s, picking up a second one at another garage sale largely because it was paired with a 90mm Macro lens instead of a 50mm.
