Minolta XG-M
Minolta's line of SR-T cameras were some of the most popular of the 1970s. Known for their rugged build quality, fantastic metering, and brilliant lens lineup, Minolta's photography system kept providing their customers with top of the line equipment that provided unequaled image quality. The question that remained for Minolta was: how were they going to improve? Their answer was the Minolta XD and XG series of cameras. While the XD cameras were considered to be a little more professional, the XG cameras provided many of the same features at a more consumer-friendly price point.
The XG cameras were designed to give the average user some of the best electronics available at the time and the XG-M is considered by many to be the best of the lot. Unlike some of the other XG cameras, the XG-M has a meter that will remain active even when the camera wasn't set to aperture priority mode. For manual photography, this makes the XG-M eminently more usable than some of its counterparts. The metering is achieved through a center-weighted Cds cell that helps produce excellent results.
Minolta designed the XG-M to be compatible with all of the MC (meter coupling) lenses and also with their previous MD lenses, so there's never a worry about which lenses will work with which bodies. Feel free to pair up the Minolta XG-M with any of your favorite older lenses or their newer counterparts.
If you've not held or shot the XG series, definitely seek them out. Your only disappointment will be that you waited so long.
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