Yes. I have one of these Chinese built K1000s. It looks like it might have a plastic top and bottom plate. The guts still appear to be as solid as the all metal K1000 though. Also, it lacks the word "Asahi" on the prism.
--- Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it true that later K-1000 cameras were built > outside of Japan (China?) > and the later K-1000 bodies use some plastic parts > while the earlier ones > were all metal? > > Shel > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250