I recently decided to try my hand at using an SLR and reurrected an old XG-M from basement that I never really learned how to use well. One thing led to another and now I own several and a broad variety of lenses...and am also getting in a few x-700's.

So anyone out there shooting with these cameras? I've been replacing light seals and capacitors. Testing out the bases. Starting to shoot with them. Hopefully this weekend headed out to shoot a roll or two of film in some nice weather on Sunday.

Manually exposing with the meter might be a good place to start. The XG-M and I think the 700 do not have spot metering but "center-weighted". I try to fill the frame with a tone that I can identify then meter to it and "push" it where it goes. That generally works pretty well for me. The lack of a spot meter makes expsoure with the meter a little more challenging than it is on my digitial point and click which has manual features and spot metering.