Thanks guys! I think I may have got what I wanted from asking this, the Pentax MX seems like a good candidate. about the pricerange as the fm2 localy though but I've got two k-mount lenses already.
I should mention that in SLRs I have: Minolta SRT-101, Minolta XD, Minolta X-700, Minolta 505si, Olympus OM-2, Olympus OM-4, Chinon CE-4 and Pentax MV.
it nagged me that the only one that I could pick up without worry that the battery would not have enough juice was the Minolta SRT-101. it's a wonderful camera and I've used it both happily with the onboard meter and with a separate one. though the needle was not always for me. and I've enjoyed it in the sense that it did not have any kind of automatics built in -something that I enjoy much with my medium format cameras but sorely miss on my 135-SLRs.