vals38•1d ago

Hit 500 rolls on my favorite camera and felt weirdly emotional

I've been shooting with the same old Pentax K1000 for about 6 years now. Last week I finally hit the 500 roll mark based on my log book. It's not a crazy number but for one camera it felt like a milestone. That's 18,000 frames of film through that metal box. I realized I've shot everything from my dog's first walk to a friend's wedding on that same body. The shutter count must be insane but it just keeps going. It made me think about how we don't really track use on analog gear like people do with digital shutters. Has anyone else kept a running count on a specific camera body?

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the_jana1d ago

Did you throw a tiny party for your camera when it hit 500?

juliawalker1d ago

Oh wow, I actually read something about this! I saw a post where someone hit 1,000 shots on their Fuji and they baked a tiny cake for it, complete with a little candle shaped like a lens. I bet @the_jana would do something cute like that, haha. Honestly, I might just do a little happy dance when my camera hits 500, nothing too fancy though.