I’ve been using the Minolta X570. It’s pretty great. It’s got a cool auto feature to give you pretty accurate shutter speed reading.

If you go the Minolta route (x3xx x5xx x700) and decide to buy used in the 2nd hand local market... It will be worth buying lr44 batteries and bringing them along to test the camera on the spot. They have known capacitor issues, but it's an easy enough fix if your handy with a soldering iron and a small screwdriver..