Which 35mm SLRs do not need a battery?

[wakarimasen]

Hello folks. The title says it all: which cameras can be operated with a flat battery (or with it removed)? By this I mean, it would be meter-less, but would have at least one shutter speed and full aperture control. I know of the following, but would like to find out about more:

• Olympus OM1
• Canon F1N
• Minolta SRT-101

 

[keytarjunkie]

The Nikon FM/2/n cameras are fully mechanical with a battery-powered meter. The FM3A is a little more advanced, but essentially it's fully mechanical AND has aperture priority metering (as well as manual) when you plug in a battery.

 

[kshapero]

My meterless Nikon F does not even have a place to put a battery.

 

[sreed2006]

A few I know of:

Olympus Pen F and FT (half frame SLRs)
Olympus OM-3Ti
The Olympus OM-4T has 1/60 speed and Bulb with no battery.

Minolta SRT-102

 

[Eric T]

Almost any that do not support aperture priority or auto focus. They generally only use a battery for the meter.
My favorites: Nikon F, FM2, Pentax MX, K1000 but there are MANY others.

 

[mfogiel]

Nikon F1 and F2, FM3A, Leicaflex SL, SL2.

 

[FrozenInTime]

Pentax MX ( pure mechanical ) and LX ( a hybrid shutter - mechanical above 1/60s )

 

[Greyscale]

I believe that all Nikon manual focus film SLR's have at least one manual speed, usually 1/90th of a second (M90).

Add the Yashica FX-3 and Contax S2 to your short list, though.

 

[SilverPix]

Pretty sure the OM1 will do exactly what you want, not sure about the other two.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Most, before about 1980.

Cheers,

R.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Leica R6.2

 

[sevo]

Every SLR without an automatic mode. A few shutter priority mode AE cameras (notably the older ones with mechanical shutters - e.g. Miranda Auto EE or the earlier Konica AE models). But only very few that had a aperture priority or "program" mode - Nikon FM3A (and F2, whose rare automation was a external add-on), Canon new F1, Pentax LX (short times only).

Many electronic shutter cameras have one manual emergency speed, as that is a feature in the Pentacon and Copal shutters integrated in the lower end models of most makers - but in many it may be non-obvious (activated by the hot shoe or flash contact, or hidden among the regular shutter speeds).

 

[iuseruby]

most of the camera with m42 mount has mechanical shutter and need battery only for light meter. pentax spotmatic is the best m42 camera which I've tried.

 

[Peter_wrote:]

as roger and iuserby stated, there are a lot of slrs out there, which will work without battery.

concretely i can name the praktica llc, and praktica mtl 5b. both m42 mount; vertical, metal-curtained focal plane shutter; very cheap, but bad viewfinder and quite strong mirror slap. they only need a battery for the meter.

Every SLR without an automatic mode.

i have to disagree. e.g the canon at-1 is full manual, but because of its electromagnet-controlled shutter only works with a battery. it has even not any manual emergency speed.

 

[stausauser]

Konica Autoreflex TC

 

[kbg32]

Topcons, Pentax Spotmatics other then the ES, all Nikkormats other then the EL, Minolta SRTs, Canon FT-FTb, etc., etc., etc...

 

[kuzano]

And the straight Autoreflex

And the straight Autoreflex

Konica Autoreflex TC

The straight Konic Autoreflex, without any letter or character designations behind the Autoreflex name will do all that and is switchable to "half frame" with a switch on the top deck of the camera. Film count changes accordingly.

Uses those fantastic Hexanon lenses, which are usually quite inexpensive, and a lot of them out there in the market.

 

[kkdanamatt]

There are perhaps one hundred or more 35mm SLR cameras that will operate without a battery. Almost every camera manufacturer, from Alpa to Zeiss, had at least one model that fits this criterion.

 

[Spanik]

Pretty sure my Praktica MTL-3 doesn't need batteries. Neither does a Voigthlander Bessamatic. The Kiev 60 and Pentcon 6 also work fine without battery. An Edixa Mat Reflex also doesn't need a battery.

 

[oftheherd]

The Fujica ST series, including the 901, which had both an electronically controlled shutter, and mechanical from 1/60 to 1/1000 Many of the Yashica cameras including the TL Super which may have been the last of the M42 line that didn't require a battery to work, and the FX-3, and FX-3 super (1/2000 shutter) as mentioned above.