The Pentax K1000 is a 35mm single-lens reflex film camera introduced in the mid-1970s. It used the Pentax K bayonet mount and was positioned as an entry-level, mechanically operated SLR aimed at students and first-time SLR buyers, a role it held throughout an unusually long production run.

At UK auction in 2026, hammer prices for K1000 bodies have sat in a narrow band: the two recorded saleroom results are £50 and £88, giving a median around £69. Because these are wholesale auction-hammer figures rather than dealer retail, what a K1000 is worth on a shop shelf today is typically higher, and condition, the presence of a working meter, and a clean original 50mm lens all push the price toward the upper end of the range.