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Thank you! Wonderful tutorial!

I've just bought one of these on ebay for £14.50! Excited to receive it and begin to get my head around it.

Are you still using the camera? I see this video was posted a long time ago. Just wondering.

I have the same camera! It's from my grandfather, with leather case, box manual. It's beautiful :)

I have a question, what film did you use or recommend me to use with this camera? I see the camera only have 2 options: Plus-X and Super XX, i know that are discontinued so, what film can I use? Thanks for the video btw :)

My friend, Bob D'Arcy, who is now 86, used this same Kodak Signet camera to take 100s of photographs of Disneyland in 1955 when it was still being built. He was personally hired by Walt Disney to be the park's very first Guest Relations Host and he even laid some of the tracks for various rides in the park. Bob still has his original Signet camera with his other memorabilia from those years at Disneyland. He used that camera to also photograph behind the scenes on the sets of various television shows and films he worked in, such as Combat! and Gilligan's Island. I keep telling him to print some of his old slides or let me digitize more of them to post to his facebook page (facebook.com/mr.bobdarcy). He put several of his old Disneyland photos in his book, "A Walk in the Park: Reflections from Disneyland's First Host" (amzn.to/2ClY7Iz). When I look at the old slides and prints, I think that old Signet camera did a fantastic job of capturing those memories to be shared and passed on to Disney fans and family, friends, etc. I hope to someday try my hand at using the camera, too. It seems so much simpler than my Nikon F5 film camera and my Nikon D810. I wonder if we -- photographers and camera manufacturers -- have complicated the joy and art of photography with the complexities of too many dials, settings, gadgetry and gizmos in our attempts to get that "perfect shot". Anyways, thanks for the Signet review.

I have the auto 110 super with the 18mm lens ! I also have the flash (which I wanna try out) and the winder (which I probably won’t lol) I got the entire set for like $10 I’m so stoked, I think I juts need to buy batteries and film to use it

Excuse me but why the iso are among 100 to 400? It depends on the film that I use, or not? Thank you

Great video. Thanks

Nice & Thanks :)

The Ektar lens on this camera is reported to be a Tessar formula with four elements, capable of very high resolution. It is a pity Kodak put that squinty little finder eyepiece on the Signet 35, but they were in the habit of building other cameras that way too. The Kodak 35RF eyepiece is equally awful.

The aperture not working in iso mode was driving me nuts. Thanks to this video I figured it out. So helpful and concise.

No menttion of the split screen micro focus

Although this video is already 7 years old. There is a way to take out the film back without the dark slide. Push at the same time the lens+film back buttons and the back will come out. (I bought one without dark slide and had to use this "trick" while I didn't get one and wanted to disassemble for overall cleaning/maintenance)

7 years have past, and your review is still as usefull. I'm gonna receive mine next week, and it will clearly help me, as I'm still a newbie when shooting films. Many thanks from France.

What battery do you use in your Me-1? Thanks!!

Good work here, just got one of these babies in mint condition.

I just picked up mine today! Can't wait to take it out for its first shoot.

What battery do you use?

Cool your in the San Jose area, would love to go on a photo walk with you sometime. Im in Pinole north of you by Berkeley and have some film cameras I would like to take out some time.

Great review, thanks.

110 film, many memories in the 70s taken with that film.

Thank you for the battery cover! My Rollie 35 is now ready to go ;)

Lovely video!! Thank you so much. Gets right to it, perfect

Bruh it's 2018 and i just got this lmaooooo but this really helped! Thanks !!!

Hi, very much enjoy your K1000 review. My stable of Pentax film are are a K1000 that had a CLA including the microprism screen swapped for the split view. Next is a K1000 SE (brown) that comes with a split screen, that split screen and brown skin are the only differences I can find from the K1000. Also, have a K2 again with microprism screen. The K2 is heavier than the K1000 and K1000 SE and it has mirror lockup along with other feature upgrades. For me the microprism screen is difficult to focus with especially wearing glasses. With these I use many K mount film lens purchased for a dime on a dollar. With an adaptor ring one can connect the older twist mount Takumar lans that is how my 35mm f/3.5 connects. Thus with the adaptor ring there are many excellent lens (manual) that perform quite well. Hope you find the above interesting. Oh, by the way. At 5:08 you state you are anxious to use your Olympus XA the upcoming year. Please be aware, anxious does not mean what people think it means. Anxious, think anxiety, dread, fearful, foreboding, and the like. Anxious comes from the Latin word Angere, to choke or strangle. The word you were looking for is “eager”, which means looking forward to something. Eager is a positive word, anxious is a negative word.

Thanks! A great video... ;-)

i have a pentax k1000 but i want to find a fisheye lens for it. was there’s ever one released?

I have two K1000s. I did a lot of photojournalism work with them in the late 1990s using Kodak Tri-X, just before digital kicked in. I'm just starting to experiment again with film using one of these, as well as a Minolta X700 I acquired recently. I find that shooting film offers an opportunity to experience and see the difference between full-frame 35mm photography and the reduced-size sensors that are in most consumer-level DSLRs that are still the only thing within the budget range of amateurs. I have a few good lenses, but the only way to see their full potential is with film.

Just found my dad’s old Signet 40, bought new. Thanks for the video on the 35!

I bought this at a flea market but could not get the shutter to work . Any ideas ? Put fresh battery in it too.

I remember selling these back in 1981 when I worked in a Photo & Electrical shop. Always fascinated me and nice cameras they are too. Like other small cameras a good hand and orientation technique is required. Great video, thanks.

I bought an AE lll metering prism a couple of years ago. I paid more than 250 $ for it. Totally waste of money! It worked when I recieved it. I have allways handled it with care, and it has never been dropped. But now the finder only shows "err" (error) on the display. The battery is fresh and tested. The gold contacts are cleaned. The s**t simply doesn´t work. I have surfed all over the internet, but have forund no usefull help. Have you got an idea what´s wrong?

I've an EE3.

LOL I was a little shy when I set out to do some through the viewfinder pics with a large cardboard tube between my digital SLR and an old 50's era Brownie Hawkeye.

Great illustration my friend! I am looking forward to getting one of these beauties.

got this camera today for 5$ :D

Hi, how do you guesstimate how many clicks for 120mm film if you use the 35mm back to cover the camera?

some of these can be quite valuable, especially the military paint ones: www.ebay.com/itm/KODAK-SIGNET-35-US-AIR-FORCE-MODEL-KE-7-1-MILITARY-low-serial-USA/142619301681?hash=item2134c5d731:g:OLIAAOSw5VtaK1Op

thanks for the vid! very nice overview!

So the light meter is rendered useless in manual mode?

what type of batteries are required?

I've watched 12 videos about this camera. This is by FAR the most helpful one. Thank you.

thanks Randy. Inspired me to dig out my old etrsi and load it up.

im new to this.. so.-- what is a spot meter?? what does that do.

just got the waist level viewfinder. I like it, however I've noticed it's much harder to focus with my 150mm and 200mm lens. the 75 mm and 50mm are fine... with the prism every lens seems easier. do you have any other lenses than the 75mm? if so, have you noticed the same thing?

Its been some time but I'm hoping you're still around. What lens hood is this?

Thanks for posting this detailed review! I didn't know the different color ASA scale gave different shutter speeds. That's valuable info. I just got one of these and it seems to be in good shape. Probably because it was stored with the lens cap on to protect the selenium light meter cell. That's a good heads up to anyone looking for one to buy.

The name has a nice ring to it

What lenses can I use on this camera?