Just realized how many old film cameras are still out there

I was reading a report from a camera museum in Tokyo and they said over 40 million 35mm SLRs were made in the 70s and 80s alone. That's a lot of potential repairs still walking around. Anyone else seeing a steady stream of these coming into the shop?

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davidkim4d ago

My uncle still shoots with his Pentax K1000 from college. Thing is built like a tank, just keeps going.

martin.riley4d ago

They don't make them like that for a reason.

kaigibson4d ago

Totally get what you're saying. My bench always has a few of those old workhorses on it, just like @davidkim's Pentax. They really don't make them like that anymore.