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Why Nikkormat FT Camera require a battery, is for the counter, can function without a (mechanical)?

Because the works on the principle of a mechanical mechanism, it may not require a battery. The battery is only for the work of the pin count? So if you use the counter, and I do not use a battery in the future, the images still seem "quaint"

The FT Nikkormatt certainly can be used without batteries. Most camera this time and before were strictly mechanical, and most have not been able to light. To get a good picture, you need to know about exposure and how shutter speed, aperture and film speed to interact to create the proper exposure value, or you'll be an underexposed picture or overexposed. 35mm SLR are relatively new in 50 and 60, and small electronic devices for the operation of this counting system were beginning to open way to focus on consumer cameras. My 1961 Petri Flex V is very similar to the Nikkormat, and does not take all meters. You need to use a Light Portable device Meter or calculate the values of their own exposure. The device was built between 1965 and 1967, as the camera manufacturers have started integrating meters in cameras, and so-called "parties of the needle" exposure setting. This means you can adjust the shutter speed and aperture, matching the needle in the viewfinder. The needles are part of the measurement system of light, and when paired that you have a correct exposure. This is the system that works from the battery. Without the battery, subway system is dead, but the rest of the camera works correctly. Later, the cameras became more automated, and the meter is connected the shutter and aperture, so that there is no need to adjust manually. Today, if your camera has a dead battery, can not take a picture at all. No progress appears to me.

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