Before I started, I did a research and at the end was K1000 or OM1. I remember
that I choose the OM1, because the viewfinder was brighter and also there was a
rumor that in latter years the K1000 was made in China and its quality was very
poor.
There are other excellent choices, Ricoh KR5(?) comes to mind. My advice would
be that if you just start, your camera would not have to be a mechanical one,
you just need the manual control. There are excellent (and extremely cheap)
choices such as Minolta X-700, some Yashica models and of course Ricoh. Each
one of these cameras has either Minolta, Contax or Pentax/Nikon Mount and much
lagrer choice of available good lenses.
Once you outgrow this system(in which you invested so little, (you can pick up
the camera and three good primes for $100 or less) you can choose if you need
the full mechanical. Learn the basics first and then decide.
Ciao
Boris
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