Pentax Spotmatic SP 1000
The Pentax Spotmatic 1000, also known as the SP 1000 or the Spotmatic SP 1000, was the last of the screw-mount SLR cameras that Pentax produced prior to introducing the K-mount camera. The Spotmatic 1000 was released in 1974 but despite its late entry into the Spotmatic production run it really offered very little change from earlier Spotmatic cameras. The SP 1000 is the same as the original Spotmatic but without a self-timer. It can also be compared to the SP 500, which it almost identically mirrored but with a top shutter speed of 1/1000. When released, in 1974 the standard lens for the SP 1000 was the SMC Takumar 55mm f2.
There is little to this camera to recommend it over another Spotmatic, but there is also little reason to recommend a different Spotmatic over SP 1000. These days a Spotmatic is largely a Spotmatic and regardless of the version you get you are going to enjoy a simple yet robust camera that has access to an immense library of M42 lenses.
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