What stop watch are you using?

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I am wondering what people are using for a stop watch for exposure or anything else.

I have looked into Minerva and Aristo Apollo.

Thoughts? Examples or links would be helpful too.

Thanks!
 
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I like using a sweep second hand on a watch.
Otherwise, the free app on an iPhone.
 

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Depends on how long it is. a few seconds, I do it in my head as a one one thousand, two one thousand, etc. Anything longer, I use the stopwatch feature on either my phone or watch the second hand on my wristwatch.
 

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At the moment, I use my phone but I don't find it ideal.
I've looked into vintage and modern vintage stopwatches but they're all pretty expensive and the older used one's could end up being an expensive paper weight.
So, I think, I'll try a cheap, disposable plastic battery operated one and see how it goes. The advantage is that I quite like the countdown/timer function with alarm and I hope to get one with a light and big numbers, so I can see without using glasses.
 

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5150Bronco said:
I am wondering what people are using for a stop watch for exposure or anything else.

I have looked into Minerva and Aristo Apollo.

Thoughts? Examples or links would be helpful too.

Thanks!
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I use a darkroom timer for darkroom exposures and processing times. For camera exposures above 1s, I use a mechanical stop watch from hahnhart because, I want to be battery independent for that.
 

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I stopped using a stopwatch when i got my first Graylab timer.
 

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I use my iPhone when developing film, a Kearsarge 301 for exposing paper, and a GrayLab 300 for processing prints.
 
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I use the Reciprocity Timer app on my iphone to time exposures longer than 1 second. To time things like when to peel my last sheets of FP100C, I use the timer on my Apple watch. I wish I had my dad's stopwatch (similar to the one posted above), but he still has it as far as I know.
 

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My flip phone. Not very practical, but I usually have it with me.
 

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Most people use a timer, they're dirt cheap. Get an old Time-O-Lite timer, they can be had for around $20-$30. I've been using them for a loooong time, they're certainly accurate enough for B&W work. Don't get the little palm sized timers that just have 1 knob to turn, they're crappy. Get one like the one below.

Ignore the crazy price they have on it, that must be for a new one. It's worth about 1/4 of what they're asking, even if it is new. The normal used price is what I quoted above. Mine's a beat up one w/ developer stains all over it. I bought it that way, figuring it must work right, someone has obviously been using it.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...Timer.html/?ap=y&ap=y&smp=y&smp=y&lsft=BI:514
 
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I use a metronome app on my phone which is kept in my pocket for shorter exposures.

For longer I have an old mechanical darkroom timer that glows in the dark.

For any enlarging work I use the timer built into the enlarger.
 

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I have a stopwatch with a metronome. I like using the metronome, so my hands are free, and I can watch the scene during the exposure. If you watch the videos I have been uploading on youtube and here, you can see me using it, especially the Stave Falls Powerhouse shoot...where I'm acting a bit silly with it....
 

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Alan Edward Klein said:
My head. One Mississippi, Two Mississippi,...
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One anseladams...two anseladams...three anseladams

I have timed exposures up to 15 minutes by counting...and using pebbles to keep track of the minutes that have passed. And I am usually slow enough to have the reciprocity failure factor partly covered. By the time one gets out to half-hour exposures, minutes make little difference. I have taken naps during exposures.
 

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Alan Edward Klein said:
My head. One Mississippi, Two Mississippi,...
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One, one thousand
Two, one thousand
Three, one thousand
...
By the way, given the sub-forum this is in, I think the question relates to camera work, not darkroom work.
Although the picture in my mind of a large format photographer starting up a metronome to time their shot seems quintessentially "Ansel Adams-ish"
 
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