Minolta X-500 / X-570
Despite being intended as a lower-cost alternative to Minolta's more professional X-700 camera, the X-570 is a sneaky good camera. Introduced in April of 1983, the X-570 came along two years after the X-700, allowing Minolta to add various changes to the X-570 that were not present in the X-700.
The X-570 is a 35mm, manual focus, SLR camera that is capable of either manual or aperture priority exposure. Minolta opted to eliminate the program exposure mode present on the X-700; in turn, they tweaked the meter display so that the viewfinder shows both the selected shutter speed as well as the suggested shutter speed. This system is essentially an electronic version of the early analog "match needle" metering found in the Minolta SRT cameras. Furthermore, Minolta allowed the X-570 to select shutter speeds slower than its flash sync when a flash was mounted. The meter is also able to read correctly, even when the depth of field preview button is pushed in. Typically, triggering the depth of field preview function on a camera will skew the meter's readings- this is not so with the X-570. One final other neat feature to mention with the X-570 is that the camera has a meter on switch, in lieu of depressing the shutter button, so you don't have to worry about accidental exposures while trying to get the meter reading.
All in all, the X-570, despite its consumer designation, will likely surprise you with its capability. Minolta put a lot of thought into how to improve the user experience between the introduction of the X-700 and the X-570 and it shows.
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