- What are the current production manual focus cameras by Pentax ? The 3 manual focus Pentaxs in production are: Europe USA Japan Name: K-1000 K-1000 K-1000? P30T P-30T P-30T? LX LX LX? The LX is described in the Pentax FAQ in detail and is in another price range, so this table compares only the P30t and the K1000. Note that there are other options (K-mount cameras) from other manufacturers (Cosina, Ricoh, Vivitar to name a few). | P30T | K1000 | Body | plastic | metal? | lens mount | Ka-metal | K-metal | film guide | metal | metal | mirror box | metal? | metal? | Shutter control | electronic | mechanical | material| metal |rubberized silk| travel | vertical | horizontal | works without batteries | N | Y | flash sync | 1/100 | 1/60 | speed range | 1-1/1000+B | 1-1/1000+B | Metering center-weighted| Y | Y | display | numeric LEDs | center needle | Manual mode | Y | Y | Program mode | Y | N | Aperture priorit| Y | N | Shutter priority| N*1 | N | exposure memory | Y | N*2 | Self-timer | Y | N | depth-of-field | Y | N | on-off switch | Y | N | DX code reading | 25-1600 | N | manual ISO sett | N | 20-3200 | film advance | manual | manual | TTL flash | N | N | split-image | 45 degrees | Y | N*3 | microprism | Y | Y | *1 When the lens is set to automatic, the camera is in Program mode. The setting on the shutter dial is ignored. *2 this would not make sense in a manual-only camera. *3 K1000 versus K1000 SE (is this one still available ?) In article <3onofeINNsg8@oasys.dt.navy.mil>, cioccio@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Frederick Ciocciola) writes: > With the SE they give you a split image rangefinder inside a microprism ring.