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@spunk_nautical
Like Ste_S I am too economically aware to allow myself fall into blowing through rolls at will.
The analog, heavy, metal, clunky feel is something I do relish (even though the T70 has auto advance/ uptake it's super fucking industrial as you can imagine for 1984!). I would very much prefer something in the Canon FD A-line or F-line but the price difference between that and a late 90s SLR body is (at the present moment) prohibitive for me. Looking locally, used but seemingly decent nick A1/ AV-1/ AE-1 bodies are in the region of €130-€200 whilst several similarly clean EOS 300/500 bodies are €35-€70.
I would only ever be using manual focus lenses: adapted FD/ M42 primes and I also have some nice fast Samyangs in EF mount. AF in an SLR body shooting film - yeah, I could see some "trust" issues flaring up. Shooting film and focussing manually have always gone hand in hand, in my head.
So i will most likely dip my toe in the Canon AF SLR pond in the next week. The plasticky bodies are a real deterrent but it's as a means to an end. Maybe whatever I pickup will be nicer in the hand than it looks in images.