Sans Meter

[Zen Librarian]

Ever get out there with your manual camera and find that either a.) your meter died or b.) you forgot to bring it with you?  

My hubby and I hiked to this hidden and very remote cemetery and I took my Rolleiflex only to find once we finally found the place (what an ordeal!) that my meter was dead.    I was devastated, I'm not in the least bit experienced and I figured I didn't know enough about exposure to pull anything off.   I decided to give it a go anyway and try my hand at the sunny 16 rule.   I only shot a couple of frames but I'm fairly pleased with the results:





This was in a field of high wildflowers leading to the cemetery.  It was really windy but I wanted to give it a go and try to capture the feeling of desolation that surrounded the place.   I kind of like the darkness:



Do you have any unmetered photos to share?

[Ronald Bishop]

   These three lenses were used.




Cropped

[Kalkadan]

Two taken with the M4 and, I think, the 50mm - using sunny 16

[jake]

I guessed exposure and shot this sideways with a Rolleiflex while "tinkering" with the camera. I didn't want to end up in the East River.

[jtzordon]

Jorn it looks like you weren't fooling anyone!

[Keith Novak]

So where do you get these 'Sans' meters ... I've never heard of the brand but they seem to work OK.  Is there an ebay seller maybe?  

[jake]

Yeah, but I had my wife for protection so I wasn't skeert.

[Santiago Montenegro]

Two softies:





Truth be told, I rarely use a meter

[apocaplops]

My meter hasn't been acting right, probably needs new batteries, so lately I've been using the "Ultimate Exposure Computer" to get correct readings:



Seems to be functioning ok.

[KirkT]

Erich, make sure you use the correct batteries for that computer.

Just about everything I shoot lately is meterless.  I get worried if I'm shooting C41 or especially slide film, but if my camera is loaded with Tri-X I don't even worry about it.

[Andre Reinders]

I love those 'sans' meters - I have a few , some work better than others.

I got cocky one day and walked around with my TLR and a roll of slide film, and one of the 'sans' meters - the one labeled 'Sunny 16'.

I was surprised at the number of keepers!

Nice job on the photos!

[radiophoto]

I rarely use a meter either, if I'm shooting with one of my "oldsters".  Here's one from a Kodak Tourist.


And one from a Zeiss-Ikon Box Tengor:


This last one is (I think) from my FED-2 (but if not, it was still used with one of them Sans Meters):


Good topic!  Thanks Zen L. (and happy birthday!)

Pete

[Zen Librarian]

Thanks, Pete!  I'm old, but I'm still kickin'!  

[radiophoto]

Thanks, Pete! I'm old, but I'm still kickin'!

OLD?  You're still younger than I am.  Keep on kickin'!

[Mike Kovacs]

Check out my Betty the Brownie thread.  All sans meter (dead battery), not like I have much choice anyway with 2 apertures and 1/30 + bulb