What stop watch are you using?

[5150Bronco]

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!

 

[MattKing]

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

 

[Craig]

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.

 

[MARTIE]

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.

 

[ruilourosa]

 

[radiant]

Apple Watch - always with me, easy to access.

 

[Trail Images]

I have really bad eyes and work mostly in sunrise transition low light. This unit works best for me.
Adanac Superglow

 

[RalphLambrecht]

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!

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.

 

[ic-racer]

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

 

[GLS]

Snap. This or my wristwatch (a Hamilton Khaki Auto). I like mechanical things.

 

[Sirius Glass]

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

Apple Watch - always with me, easy to access.

Ditto for both.

 

[beemermark]

My Omega Speedmaster

 

[randyB]

I use my trusty 20 year old Timex digital, I just keep putting in a new battery every couple of years.

 

[faberryman]

I use my iPhone when developing film, a Kearsarge 301 for exposing paper, and a GrayLab 300 for processing prints.

 

[mshchem]

Casio Waveceptor. The amazing radio plastic watch. Sets itself every night.

 

[winger]

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.

 

[Vaughn]

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

 

[gone]

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

 

[moggi1964]

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.

 

[JL Nims]

Apple Watch - always with me, easy to access.

Same here.

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

My head. One Mississippi, Two Mississippi,...

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

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....

 

[radiant]

My head. One Mississippi, Two Mississippi,...

Alec Soth calculates "Sleeping by the mississippi, sleeping by the missisippi" ..

 

[Vaughn]

My head. One Mississippi, Two Mississippi,...

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.

 

[MattKing]

My head. One Mississippi, Two Mississippi,...

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"