What is the cheapest used Pentax K1000 SE in the UK?

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Used Pentax K1000 SE for Sale — From £30

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Pentax's student manual SLR — the K1000 SE, match-needle TTL, split-image finder, K mount, 1978.

The Pentax K1000 SE of 1978 was a variant of the long-running K1000, the simple manual K-mount body widely adopted for teaching photography. The SE differed mainly in cosmetic and finder details, including a split-image focusing aid on some examples, while sharing the same basic mechanism. It belonged to a model line that stayed in production for many years thanks to its use in schools.

This is a 35mm film SLR using the Pentax K bayonet, giving open-aperture TTL metering with K-mount lenses. It has a horizontal cloth focal-plane shutter running from 1 second to 1/1000 plus B, and a fixed eye-level pentaprism with an instant-return mirror. Metering is centre-weighted match-needle TTL for fully manual exposure; there is no auto mode and no self-timer. The shutter is mechanical, with the battery powering only the meter, so the camera fires without power.

The K1000 SE suits students, beginners and anyone wanting a simple, durable manual camera that teaches the fundamentals of exposure. Its stripped-back controls, needing only shutter speed, aperture and focus, make it a clear learning tool, and the split-image aid helps focusing. It sits within the long-lived K system with its broad, still-available lens range.

As a late-1970s body, checks matter. Inspect and expect to replace perished foam light seals and mirror-damper foam. Test the cloth shutter for pinholes, capping and even speeds. The meter needs a battery, and this later design suits modern silver-oxide cells rather than the mercury type of the Spotmatics. Check the pentaprism for desilvering or foam haze, and test the advance and rewind. The mechanical shutter still fires with a dead battery, and the K mount keeps lens choice wide.