and I sold two PenF's on the Bay.
I also wanted a Nikon but got a Chinon from Dixons, with nothing but the 50mm 1.7 lens. It was actually a very good camera and I should have taken a lot more photographs than I did, and I took quite a lot.
Whatever its lack of status, it had the advantage of being able to record the 1970s, something that's beyond even a Leica nowadays. It also had a double exposure switch, something of a varity even then.
PPS - Nikon 35ti,
I feel we may be obsessing...
I've come full circle on the black vs silver thing, and maybe halfway round again.
***Stangely enough there has never been a Minolta SLR I ever liked even the Dynax only the CL rangefinder***
HUH! Not even the X-500/700............................