Minolta X9

Introduced in 1990 it's origins go to speciality photo retailers in the States who wanted a version of the X370n aka X300S in Europe with both a depth of field preview button for checking how sharp the image is at the taking aperture plus a 45/45 split crosshair viewing screen take make focus checking easier on horizontal as well as vertical images.
It was available new during the 1990's often with a 35-70 Zoom lens  and the 220PX flash as a bundle for those who were either students with limited funds or those of us who preferred the relative simplicity of manual focus cameras.
The availability of used really nice MC and MD lenses cheaply during that era as people traded up to autofocus models that couldn't use the older  manual focus lenses also helped, enabling you to put together a terrific quality outfit for little cost.
Indeed I used to amaze people with the quality my Minolta set up produced compared to their AF models which offered a lot of technology but a more hands on approach coupled with superior optics could beat.
The camera is a plastic version of the X300 which dates back to 1983 with a modern angled profile, rubberized grip and speed selector accessible from the front of the camera.
The one criticism I'd make of is the speed selector is purposely stiff when in Auto which I find difficult to turn having poor grip where those Minolta bodies that used a wheel shutter/mode selector on the top had a release button which was easier to operate.
It exposure system does aperture priority AE as well as 1 to 1/1000 sec manually but like the XD7 the flash isn't metered in camera something Olympus had done since 1976 in the OM2.