If you have the choice, you'd better chose a SFXn (US: SF1n). It is basically the same camera with few but important improvements.
In any case, back in '87 the SFX was the Pentax' first AF-system SLR. And typically Pentax, it had a novelty built in: It was the world´s first SLR with a built in flashlight.
The fact that it had the flashlight made it look quite weird/ugly at that time. The greyish look isn't everybody´s taste either. On the positive side we can note that the accompanying F-lenses were well built and many of them are in better mechanical shape than their FA successors from the 1990ies.
My father purchased the SFX shortly after it came out. Then it was latest fashion to have AF. However, I took it into my hand, took some photos and immediately decided to stay with my Super A (US: Super Program). The grey design, the plastic exterior, the noise, the slow 1st generation AF, the dark viewfinder - all that was not convincing for me.
Time and again I did some shots with this camera - but it never could fascinate me like the older Super A or the later Z-1p (US: PZ-1p). Probably that´s not fair, but it is somewhat natural for a model that is first of its kind.
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