I would suggest the following:
MX KX K1000
All use batteries for the meter circuit but work fine as 100% manual cameras without the batteries. A MX with a dead meter should be rather cheap. K1000's tend to be overpriced for what they are. The KX is about the best price/preformance ratio of any camera I can think of.
I can not think, offhand, of any new cameras that meet your criteria.
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Brett Mckay wrote:
Which would be the best fully manual SLR be to buy as a backup for use in extremely cold temperatures. So I do not want any electronics or batteries.
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