I use a Nikon, Nikkormat, it's older but I love the fact that's fully manual. It makes me feel like an artist. Having the possibilities of coming up with bad shots, makes me pay more attention to what I'm shotting. But there are all sorts of advantages and dissadvantages, cost all around is the biggest, but hell it shouldn't be. Don't limit yourself to price, it's only money and you can't take it with you so enjoy that hard work somehow.