Can a Pentax K1000 use a remote or self-timer shutter release?
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I need to make self-portraits with a Pentax K1000, which does not have a built-in self-timer. Can this camera use a remote shutter release, and if so, what type works? Would a screw-in mechanical self-timer also fit?
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It's not so much a sensor as a mechanical connection — no electronics are involved — but the shutter button has a screw socket for a shutter release. See a video demonstrating this with a K1000 on youtube.
The thing you want is called a "cable release" — for example, this one explicitly for Pentax. That one's 20" and $20; you could also go longer and more expensive or much cheaper and shorter.
Or go for this bulb trigger with a 20-foot cable for $15.
PS: I've used none of these exact items, although I have a similar one in a box somewhere. Any of 'em should work for you. It may or may not be what you already have for your other cameras — if what you have looks similar, give it a try. (If, on the other hand, it's electrical, let alone electronic, that's not right.)
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Yes. The Pentax K1000 does not use an electronic remote sensor for shutter release. Instead, it has a standard mechanical threaded socket in the shutter button for a cable release. If your existing remote is a mechanical cable release, it may work; if it is electrical/electronic, it will not.
You can also use a screw-in mechanical self-timer that threads into the same shutter-release socket and mechanically presses the shutter after a delay. These were commonly used on cameras like the K1000.
So for self-portraits, look for either:
- a mechanical cable release, or
- a screw-in mechanical self-timer.
Both are simple, non-electronic accessories.
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