Can you zone focus reliably with it?This post inspired me to get a Signet 35 of the plain variety. I loved using it. Sadly the RF is off and there's no way to fix it. It looks good on the shelf.
Good luck with the sale.
This post inspired me to get a Signet 35 of the plain variety. I loved using it. Sadly the RF is off and there's no way to fix it. It looks good on the shelf.
Good luck with the sale.
Can you zone focus reliably with it?
well, for what it's worth, the RF on this one is dead-on. I think the adjustment for the rf is under that curved f-stop scale above the lens. Try this: https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Kodak_Signet_35
and this makes it look easy: https://pheugo.com/cameras/index.php?page=signet35
I would zone focus with yours -- Most shooting is at smaller apertures anyway, with a little practice you can nail the focus with reliability. The lens on that camera is really a gem.
This post inspired me to get a Signet 35 of the plain variety. I loved using it. Sadly the RF is off and there's no way to fix it. It looks good on the shelf.
Good luck with the sale.
You can always make one of these: https://tomchuk.com/rf/
Years ago I made one of those range-finders-on-a-card to use with my Rollei 35. I had good luck with it. I would rate this method as somewhat better than guestimating, and worth using if you when you the aperture up for one reason or another. That way you don't have to rely as much on depth of field to have your subject in focus. However, this method can be a bit fiddly to use.You can always make one of these: https://tomchuk.com/rf/
Wasn't your opening price $450: "So how's $450 sound?"OK, $450???
Wasn't your opening price $450: "So how's $450 sound?"
I've got a civilian Signet 35, and I can confirm the quality of the lens, as well as ability to get 38-40 frames on a 36 exposure roll (it's barely wider than a Rollei 35, which can get 40, and a Signet can be loaded with minimal pre-closure advance). Sadly, mine has a completely non-functional RF (pretty sure it worked when I last used it), and I don't have the space or time to open it up.
This one, however, has too much collector value to be in my price range.
This Signet is more a collector's piece than a 'usable'. Its market is for collectors. For the price the OP is asking, maybe an auction house... IF it's an Air Force Signet, and how to know this for sure??
Mine is an Air Force Signet 35. It says so on the plate on the bottom. However, unlike summicron1, I don't plan on selling mine.
I actually have two so this is a duplicate. I live near Hill Air Force Base in Utah so these tend to show up in the local thrift stores -- I found two in thrift stores and a third at an antique shop.
And if it doesn't sell, what the heck, it's small. You should see how much stuff I give away.
I live near Salt Lake City, so mine may have also come from Hill Air Force Base, or more likely from the Air Force ROTC at the University of Utah because I bought mine from the University's surplus outlet.
Really? I'm just in Ogden, grew up in Holliday. Nice to meet ya.
Ever shoot one of these? The lens is amazing but the viewfinder sucks. They were designed to be used by guys in the field with minimal experience and be sturdy and easy to fix if need be. They are that.View attachment 306032
My parents lived in Holladay for many years, and two of my brothers live there now.
If you tell me you lived on Gunderson Lane it will be too much of a coincidence and this will get weird. I saw the Cottonwood Mall when it was brand new.
PS: I just looked at fleabay and there were three listed, from $475 to $880 (!!!!!), and the cheaper one is a FAKE: it's been painted to look like the anodized black one, but of course, the shutter components are still chrome! LOL
so you'd be a fool to pass this up, right?
I take paypal.
PS: I just looked at fleabay and there were three listed, from $475 to $880 (!!!!!), and the cheaper one is a FAKE: it's been painted to look like the anodized black one, but of course, the shutter components are still chrome! LOL
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