Signet 40

[AOI Photo]

Just got mine in the mail today. A quick clean of the viewfinder and rangefinder windows and she seems good to go. Beautiful looking camera.

Now does anyone know what adapter I need for a flash. If I can get the adapter to use a flash when I need to this may become my compact camera of choice.

 

[clarence]

I can't seem to find any hot shoes or pc sync sockets in the pictures of the camera that are online. If there is one you can simply connect any flash to it via a hot foot or a pc sync cord. If not, then there won't be any way of using flash with it aside from a technique known as 'open flash', wherein the shutter is set at Bulb, opened, and the flash fired manually.

Clarence

 

[GeneW]

I owned one of these when I was in high school. Here's an online manual:

http://66.49.230.119/kodak_pdf/kodak_signet_40.pdf

Unfortunately it used a proprietary flash gun with connectors at the side. I don't know if an adapter is possible as it was sync'd for flashbulbs.

Gene

 

[AOI Photo]

Thanks, Guys.

The manual says:

"The Kodak Synchro 400 shutter synchronizes no. 5, no 25, and m2 lamps at speed 25 (1/25 seconds). Electronic flash units (zero time delay) are synchronized by this shutter at all speeds"

So I figure at some point there must have been a way to attatch some kind of electronic flash. Unless kodak put that into the manual to taunt people.

Wonder if Kodak ever made an adapter for this.