If you find some extra cash in the sofa cushions...

[Pieter12]

A Sunny-16 Watch

(PRE-ORDER) Obscura — Nodus Watches

Estimated delivery is late June 2025. This product is subject to our pre-order policy . Designed with Beers and Cameras for analog photographers and built to thrive both in the field and on the wrist, the Obscura is a fusion of horology and photographic utility. Whether you're capturing fle

www.noduswatches.com

 

[MattKing]

The "Obscura".
I can think of a few photographers that this would seem to be perfect for!

 

[koraks]

Wow.
The watch features...

an exposure gauge complication based on the Sunny 16 Rule, a clever and time-tested method for determining proper exposure without the need for a light meter.

So you get to save the expense of a $100 light meter if you buy this $650 watch. Except of course that the light meter would actually tell you something you'd want to know.

 

[MattKing]

I do like an add that refers to a feature as a "complication".
Seems consistent with my first post in the thread.

 

[koraks]

So they're just in time for April 1st.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I will buy two of them, one for each wrist so that I can constantly compare them to see which one is correct.

 

[Vaughn]

My camera came with a Sunny-16 meter on the back. Sucks as a watch.

 

[xkaes]

Of course there are already a lot of cameras that have this built-in -- and in an easier, more accurate way. Of course you have to buy the camera -- which will set you back about $50. And the camera won't tell you what time it is.

 

[Chan Tran]

I looked but can't figure out how to use it. OK I know now. It does something I can do in my head. I think it's for the "Triangle" crowd.

 

[Pieter12]

I looked but can't figure out how to use it.

Besides charging $650 for something you can easily do in your head, here are the manufacturer's instructions from the website making it seem complicated:

How to use the Exposure Gauge:

1. Turn the bezel indicator clockwise to match your lens aperture with the corresponding value on the chapter ring.
2. Then, find the correct ISO marker on the dial-ring based on your film speed:
   ISO 100 or +1 (ISO 200)
   ISO 400 or +1 (ISO 800)
3. The ISO marker points to the corresponding shutter speed.
4. Based on lighting conditions (sunny or cloudy with minimal shadows), use the shutter speed indicated on the bezel to properly set your camera and make your image.
   

 

[koraks]

That's quite an accomplishment. They took a principle that was really simple and involved no tools whatsoever and only half a dozen sober/awake brain cells to operate, and made a machine for it that's expensive, counterintuitive and unnecessarily complicated. It's amazing what technology can do for us today.

 

[Pieter12]

That's quite an accomplishment. They took a principle that was really simple and involved no tools whatsoever and only half a dozen sober/awake brain cells to operate, and made a machine for it that's expensive, counterintuitive and unnecessarily complicated. It's amazing what technology can do for us today.

It's called entrepreneurship.

 

[cliveh]

£508 for a watch with a built in exposure calculator? I have seen some better cardboard calculator versions.

 

[DWThomas]

"AI" as in Artificial Ignorance!

 

[loccdor]

An actual waterproof, stylish and rugged wrist light meter with incident metering and decent EV range is something I'd be willing to pay at least $200 for... too bad this product does not seem to have any light sensor in it.

I take my Gossen Digisix everywhere for the last 15 years, and it's thin plastic.

 

[Dan Fromm]

Hmm. Just another circular slide rule, less useful than most.

 

[Chan Tran]

Now to justify the price may I ask where is it made?
And they granted a pattent for that thing?

 

[Pieter12]

Now to justify the price may I ask where is it made?

If it makes any difference, the movement seems to be made in Japan. For me, it might as well be made in Elbonia.

 

[Chan Tran]

If it makes any difference, the movement seems to be made in Japan. For me, it might as well be made in Elbonia.

If they try to sell me something, they should allow me to ask such a question.

 

[Pieter12]

If they try to sell me something, they should allow me to ask such a question.

Have you asked? Many things are made with components from different sources. Sometimes it is almost impossible to find out where something is made, they bury it on the website if it is mentioned at all. From my casual research when making a purchase, It appears that companies selling Chinese-made products are the biggest offenders.

 

[Sirius Glass]

"AI" as in Artificial Ignorance!

OR real stupidity

 

[cliveh]

If a watch manufacturer wants to produce a watch aligned to photographers, how about a bezel aligned to a photographer you wish to pay homage to that day? It could consist of a ring with letters like HCB, ATGET, AA, WEEGEE, KERTESZ, ETC, to remind the photographer who you were trying to emulate that day. Ridiculous, but simple.

 

[Pieter12]

If a watch manufacturer wants to produce a watch aligned to photographers, how about a bezel aligned to a photographer you wish to pay homage to that day? It could consist of a ring with letters like HCB, ATGET, AA, WEEGEE, KERTESZ, ETC, to remind the photographer who you were trying to emulate that day. Ridiculous, but simple.

Finally, an idea more absurd and useless than the Sunny-16 watch!

 

[Chan Tran]

The "Obscura".
I can think of a few photographers that this would seem to be perfect for!

It's for the "Triangle" crowd.

 

[pbromaghin]

And it's only good for 2 conditions, sunny and heavy overcast?