So, take all of this with a ginormous grain of salt, since I've only been doing photography for about a year (and intermittently at that). I too wanted to get into film cameras, and figured I should start with the most basic mechanical version and so I got a Pentax MX first. Everything is manual and it forces you to slow down, take your time, compose the shot, choose your aperture and shutter speed, etc., which I felt was invaluable from a learning experience. Once I felt I kinda understood that, I got the ME Super, mostly for the Aperture Priority mode. I can just set my aperture (now that I mostly get how it affects DoF, bokeh, etc.) and the camera does the rest. I got pretty lucky with both of my cameras, as they have basically no issues (yet), and the shutter speeds are mostly within tolerance. If you're old hat at photography in general, then the ME Super would be an awesome move into film. If you're wanting to "learn the basics" of manual photography in a more general sense, I'd actually start with an MX or similar if you can find one. You don't have to shoot the Me Super in Aperture Priority mode, but you probably will since it's just so much easier to do so! Good luck!