I have a Nikon FA which was "THE high tech" camera when it was new in 1983, it is built with fantastic quality and does all what you require!
- center wighted OR matrix metered mode
- A great small handgrip (which can be removed)
- P/S/A/M -modes!! (yes it can actually do all this with AI-S (and most AI) lenses! (P = Auto))
- up to 1/4000
- 1/250 flash sync
(plus everything usual, like timer, big and nice mattescreen and so on)
The only downside to this model as I see it is that it has a (very small) LCD to show exposure, which can be a problem in extremely low light conditions (if you shoot
very high speed film ~iso3200 and actually need it):
Not as cheap as the N8008 though