Vivitar V3000S

Vivitar's V-series cameras were budget manual-focus SLRs built for Vivitar in Japan during the 1980s-90s, aimed at buyers who wanted a Pentax K-mount body without the Pentax price. The Vivitar V3000s is a fully manual 35mm film SLR camera that takes K-mount (Pentax bayonet) lenses, with a cast alloy chassis, plastic covers, hot-shoe flash socket, internal light meter activated by pressing the shutter button half-way, manual film advance, and a screw thread for remote shutter release.

As a K-mount body, it works with the large pool of Pentax and third-party K-mount lenses available secondhand. The camera is fully mechanical and the battery is needed only to run the meter, so it keeps firing at all shutter speeds even without power, a trait that appeals to shooters who want a dependable manual backup body.

Specifications

• 35mm film format
• Pentax K-mount lens mount
• Mechanically-controlled vertical-run metal focal plane shutter
• Shutter speeds B, 1 to 1/2000 sec
• TTL exposure metering coupled to aperture, shutter and film speed
• Film speed range 25 to 3200 ASA/ISO
• Battery powers meter only, shutter and film transport fully mechanical
• Hot-shoe flash sync plus flash sync terminal
• Manual film advance

Condition

• Cosmetic: Very Good
• Working: Fully Working
• Shutter speeds: Fire correctly at all speeds
• Light meter: No meter fitted
• Viewfinder and prism: Clear
• Light seals: Replaced or still sealing
• Glass — fungus, haze, scratches: Clean and clear
• Aperture blades: Dry and snappy
• Lens focus ring: Smooth

Included

• Just the item as photographed — see the listing photos for exactly what is included.

Declared faults, if any, are called out above rather than left for you to discover — what's listed is what you get.