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Old May 30th 09, 12:41 AM posted to rec.photo.digital,uk.rec.photo.misc,rec.photo.equipment.misc
Peter Irwin
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Default Anyone remembers those old soft and hard camera cases?

In rec.photo.digital Savageduck wrote:

Yes, however the idea became a pain when reloading, and upon discovery
that the leather was actually a paper composite with a leather print.
I give you a K1000 case approximately 35 years on.
http://homepage.mac.com/lco/filechute/K1000-case-W.jpg


The Spotmatic case was real leather (or at least it seems to be)
and very hard wearing. I cary my pentax in it all the time.
I usually remove the camera from its case before taking pictures,
but it does protect the camera against knocks.
I had to cut down the case a bit to so that my pre-spotmatic could
be wound with the case in place since the spotmatic is a mm or two
taller than my old camera. The case is certainly not a paper composite.
I expect that a used spotmatic case would fit your k1000.

Peter.
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Old May 30th 09, 01:13 AM posted to rec.photo.digital,uk.rec.photo.misc,rec.photo.equipment.misc
Savageduck[_2_]
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Default Anyone remembers those old soft and hard camera cases?

On 2009-05-29 16:41:55 -0700, Peter Irwin said:

In rec.photo.digital Savageduck wrote:

Yes, however the idea became a pain when reloading, and upon discovery
that the leather was actually a paper composite with a leather print.
I give you a K1000 case approximately 35 years on.
http://homepage.mac.com/lco/filechute/K1000-case-W.jpg


The Spotmatic case was real leather (or at least it seems to be)
and very hard wearing. I cary my pentax in it all the time.
I usually remove the camera from its case before taking pictures,
but it does protect the camera against knocks.
I had to cut down the case a bit to so that my pre-spotmatic could
be wound with the case in place since the spotmatic is a mm or two
taller than my old camera. The case is certainly not a paper composite.
I expect that a used spotmatic case would fit your k1000.

Peter.


Yup, I had a Spotmatic before the K1000, then I guess the philosophy at
Pentax was, the K1000 wasn't meant to be a top of the line camera, and
only top of the line cameras got real leather.

Hard to believe just how durable the old K1000 has proven to be. (case
not withstanding!)
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