I too love the big viewfinder in my old ME and MX. Unfortunately, I think that getting a viewfinder is not as easy as getting rid of the built-in flash. Consider the MZ-M, which has no flash, and has the lowest magnification of any Pentax viewfinder.
As I understand it, the reason why viewfinder magnification has been reduced is that there is a tradeoff with brightness. If you reduce magnification, you get more brightness. Camera makers started reducing magnification when small aperture zoom lenses became popular.
Those of us who still use large aperture prime lenses don't need the extra brightness, and are better off with older cameras such as the ME and MX. Fortunately, there are so many used MEs around, in good condition, and at low prices (and durable too), that we will probably never run out.
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