Film body · fit computed from manual-published dimensions

Camera bag for the Pentax K1000

The K1000 measures 143 × 91.4 × 48 mm at 620 g . We test that box against the published interior of every bag in the catalog.

FILM 35mm TYPE 35mm SLR MNT Pentax K dims: medium confidence

Honesty note: this body's dimensions come from an archived source we grade medium confidence — the original spec sheet either wasn't findable or doesn't publish a full spec table (details in the source box below). Measure your own body before buying a tight bag.

Bags that take a K1000 (body only)

Film lenses vary too much to assume one — verdicts below are for the body alone. Add your lenses in the fit checker mindset: a body-with-lens needs meaningfully more room.

f-stop Shallow Medium ICU

Fits with room
INT 26.7×25.4×11.4 TYPE insert
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f-stop Slope Medium ICU product photo

f-stop Slope Medium ICU

Fits with room
INT 26.7×25.4×16.5 TYPE insert
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Lowepro Flipside Backpack 400 AW III product photo
INT 28.0×41.0×14.0 TYPE backpack
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Lowepro ProTactic BP 450 AW II product photo
INT 30.0×44.0×16.0 TYPE backpack
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Nya-Evo RCI-M (Fjord 36 Medium Camera Insert) product photo
INT 27.5×26.0×15.0 TYPE insert
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Peak Design Camera Cube V2 Medium product photo
INT 29.0×29.0×13.5 TYPE cube
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Full fit table

BagTypeInterior (W×H×D)Verdict
f-stop Shallow Medium ICU insert 26.7 cm × 25.4 cm × 11.4 cm Fits with room
f-stop Slope Medium ICU insert 26.7 cm × 25.4 cm × 16.5 cm Fits with room
Lowepro Flipside Backpack 400 AW III backpack 28.0 cm × 41.0 cm × 14.0 cm Fits with room
Lowepro ProTactic BP 450 AW II backpack 30.0 cm × 44.0 cm × 16.0 cm Fits with room
Nya-Evo RCI-M (Fjord 36 Medium Camera Insert) insert 27.5 cm × 26.0 cm × 15.0 cm Fits with room
Peak Design Camera Cube V2 Medium cube 29.0 cm × 29.0 cm × 13.5 cm Fits with room
Peak Design Everyday Backpack V2 20L backpack 55.0 cm × 28.5 cm × 16.0 cm Fits with room
Peak Design Everyday Sling V2 6L sling 27.9 cm × 21.3 cm × 6.9 cm Fits with room
Shimoda Explore v2 30 Backpack backpack 28.5 cm × 50.5 cm × 16.0 cm Fits with room
Shimoda Medium Mirrorless Core Unit V2 insert 27.0 cm × 27.0 cm × 12.0 cm Fits with room
Tenba Axis V2 20L Backpack backpack 27.9 cm × 44.5 cm × 14.0 cm Fits with room
Tenba BYOB 10 Camera Insert insert 25.0 cm × 19.0 cm × 10.0 cm Fits with room
Tenba BYOB 10 DSLR Backpack Insert insert 21.6 cm × 29.2 cm × 11.4 cm Fits with room
Tenba BYOB 9 Camera Insert insert 22.0 cm × 15.0 cm × 9.0 cm Fits with room
Tenba BYOB 9 Slim Backpack Insert insert 22.0 cm × 22.0 cm × 9.0 cm Fits with room
Think Tank Airport Essentials Backpack backpack 27.9 cm × 41.4 cm × 12.7 cm Fits with room
Think Tank Mirrorless Mover 20 V2 shoulder 21.0 cm × 14.5 cm × 9.0 cm Fits with room
Think Tank Mirrorless Mover 25 V2 shoulder 26.5 cm × 15.0 cm × 10.0 cm Fits with room
Think Tank Retrospective 20 V2.0 shoulder 30.5 cm × 29.8 cm × 17.0 cm Fits with room
Think Tank Retrospective 4 V2.0 shoulder 21.5 cm × 17.0 cm × 11.0 cm Fits with room
WANDRD Essential Camera Cube (for PRVKE 21) cube 27.3 cm × 21.0 cm × 10.2 cm Fits with room
WANDRD ROGUE 6L Sling V2 sling 30.5 cm × 17.1 cm × 11.4 cm Fits with room

About this body

Film format35mm
MeteringCdS TTL average metering (open-aperture, match-needle)
ShutterHorizontal-travel, rubberized silk cloth focal-plane shutter, mechanical
Shutter speedsB, 1 sec to 1/1000 sec; flash X-sync 1/60 sec
Battery1x LR44/SR44 1.5V (meter only; camera fires all speeds without battery)
Years produced1976-1997

The K1000 is fully mechanical and fires all shutter speeds without a battery; the battery powers only the CdS meter.

Where the dimensions come from

editorial · Pentax K1000 dimensions: Wikipedia (figures consistent with widely-cited manual dimensions; original manual PDFs at butkus.org/cameramanuals.org/ManualsLib are scanned images with no extractable text, and no official Pentax/Ricoh museum spec page could be located) · accessed 2026-07-10
“It is 91.4 millimetres (3.6 inches) tall, 143 mm (5.6 in) wide, and 48 mm (1.9 in) deep, and weighs 620 grams (21.9 ounces).”

Verdicts are planning estimates from published dimensions, not guarantees — padded dividers eat interior space and vintage bodies vary. See methodology.

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