If you had no batteries, would you stay home?

[Tin Can]

My LF cameras do not require a battery. Also, I always carry a Weston Master II as a backup meter, no battery required. The only battery I require in the field is the one to start the car since they no longer come with a crank like my first one did.

LOL, I agree. Motorcycles also eliminated the kickstarter some time ago and I really miss the backup plan.

I prefer stick shift cars as even a computer car can be push started if you have 9 volts left in the battery, just enough to get the fuel pump running and the computer to compute.

[Tracy Storer]

I usually use a meter, but would give up shooting if I found my battery and the spare I always keep in the case died. For looong exposures I usually use the stopwatch in my phone, but again, I might open the lens a bit to get to a time I felt I could reliably count out. I don't bother with music, radio, or anything else when I'm shooting outdoors.
The studio is different, strobes, hotlights, music, meters, radio slaves, maybe even get crazy and take a couple frames with a digital camera.......the whole 9 yards.

[mmerig]

As others have said, I do not use anything with a battery (except my car). I have a Gossen Pilot selenium-based meter (had it since late 60's and still accurate to 1/3 stop), and it is very light and small for those long-distance trips.

[Leszek Vogt]

Although my meter needs no battery, it's worth to get out there just for *nature* + memories.

Les

[AuditorOne]

LOL, I agree. Motorcycles also eliminated the kickstarter some time ago and I really miss the backup plan...

It was really tough to look cool at Sturgis when we couldn't kickstart our Harleys anymore.

[Luis-F-S]

I'd go out with my Rollie TLR 2.8 white face with a selenium meter, or my SWC/M and eyeball all the exposures like I did for 20 + years........................

[David R Munson]

My legs need only a handful of calories to carry me, my Hasselblad wouldn't know what to do with a battery. If all batteries ceased to exist/work, I'd be even more likely to get out and about.

[Michael Rosenberg]

It would be almost impossible for me to do without batteries. It would through me medically back 35 years! I need batteries for my insulin pump and my blood glucose meter. I could do without, but it would nearly kill me. I have been T1 diabetic for over 50 yrs now!

Mike

[Tracy Storer]

I usually use a meter, but would give up shooting if I found my battery and the spare I always keep in the case died. For looong exposures I usually use the stopwatch in my phone, but again, I might open the lens a bit to get to a time I felt I could reliably count out. I don't bother with music, radio, or anything else when I'm shooting outdoors.
The studio is different, strobes, hotlights, music, meters, radio slaves, maybe even get crazy and take a couple frames with a digital camera.......the whole 9 yards.

AGGG, I wuold NOT give up shooting is what I meant to type.

[Tin Can]

It was really tough to look cool at Sturgis when we couldn't kickstart our Harleys anymore.

I was small and had many bikes I couldn't start, so I would park on a hill or get the bar crowd to push start me. Lightweight rider is much faster than a heavy one.