Kodak Signet 50 User manual

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Kodak Filter Kit, No.1 044A
The Kodak Signet 50 Camera
accepts Series 5 Kodak Filters
and Combination Lens Attach-
ments directly. The Kit con-
tains a Kodak Skylight Filter
(No. 1M to add warmth to pic-
tures taken in the open shade
or on overcast days; a Kodak
Daylight Filter (No. 85C) for
converting indoor type F color
films for outdoor use, and a
Pictorial Yellow Filter for ac-
centing clouds.
Kodak Ektachrome Processing
Outfit, 35mm
This outfit includes the Kodak
Day-Load Tank and all neces-
sary equipment and supplies
for processing your own 35mm
Ektachrome Film. No darkroom
required, either.
The outfit also contains stor-
age containers of 16-ounce ca-
pacity for the various chemi-
cals and 100 Kodak Ready-
Mounts for mounting your
transparencies.
Kodaslide 400 File Box
It's styled like a book for con-
venient bookcase storage. This
file box holds up to 400 card-
board or 176 glass slides which
are stored in 16 Kodaslide
boxes for handy slide group
filing.

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You'll have a lot more
fun with your Signet 50
Camera, when you use
some of the products
pictured in this section.
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approximately. 1/50 second; an M-2 lamp has a flash
duration of approximately 1/100 second, thus pro-
viding effective stopping of subject movement if most
of the exposure light is provided by the flash.
3. Estimate carefully the distance in feet you are from
the subject and set the lens accordingly.
4. Obtaining Exposure From Exposure Value Card
a. Slip the proper exposure card into the holding
frame, with the Flash Setting side out.
b. Determine the exposure value from the distance
in feet to the subject and the type flash lamps used.
c. Transfer the exposure value to the shutter speed
ring being sure that the shutter speed is 1/30 sec.
5. Hold the camera steady; then press the release lever
all the way down with a slow squeezing action.
Kodak Signet 50 Field Case
This de luxe, velvet-lined, top-
grain leather case combines
practical protection with drop-
away front convenience. Open-
ings on the side of the case
permit attaching the flasholder
with the camera in the case.
Strap inside top holds 7 expo-
sure value cards.
Kodak 300 Projector
Choice of two models. Here's
the newest in projectors. The
projector comes complete in a
self-carrying case, has finger-
tip knob controls for focus and
elevation, and weighs only 9
Ibs. The changer accepts up to
36 cardboard mounts. A short,
high efficiency, 300·watt pro-
jection lamp gives brilliant
pictures.
contents
Loading 6
Kodak Film 10
Setting Film Index 12
Exposure Value Number 13
Exposure Settings 18
Distance Settings 22
Taking the Picture 26
Flash Pictures 28
Photo Aids 32

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'Subject·to·lens distance is measured to front of the Portra Lens
MaKing FI••~h Pictures
1: Kodal ite Super-M 4 Flasholder
Insert the No. 5 or 25 or M-2 flash lamps into the
lamp socket.
Koda < Rotary FLasholcler, MQdei 1
Insert the M-2 flash lamps into the plastic lamp disc.
2. Set the index on the shutter speed ring to 30,(1/30
second). A No.5 or 25 lamp has a flash duration of
Note:
Do not insert a lamp in
the lamp socket until
the flasholder has been
connected to the cam-
era,
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30
You'll have a lot more
fun with your Signet 50
Camera, when you use
some of the products
pictured in this section.
32
approximately. 1/50 second; an M-2 lamp has a flash
duration of approximately 1/100 second, thus pro-
viding effective stopping of subject movement if most
of the exposure light is provided by the flash.
3. Estimate carefully the distance in feet you are from
the subject and set the lens accordingly.
4. Obtaining Exposure From Exposure Value Card
a. Slip the proper exposure card into the holding
frame, with the Flash Setting side out.
b. Determine the exposure value from the distance
in feet to the subject and the type flash lamps used.
c. Transfer the exposure value to the shutter speed
ring being sure that the shutter speed is 1/30 sec.
5. Hold the camera steady; then press the release lever
all the way down with a slow squeezing action.
Kodak Signet 50 Field Case
This de luxe, velvet-lined, top-
grain leather case combines
practical protection with drop-
away front convenience. Open-
ings on the side of the case
permit attaching the flasholder
with the camera in the case.
Strap inside top holds 7 expo-
sure value cards.
Kodak 300 Projector
Choice of two models. Here's
the newest in projectors. The
projector comes complete in a
self-carrying case, has finger-
tip knob controls for focus and
elevation, and weighs only 9
Ibs. The changer accepts up to
36 cardboard mounts. A short,
high efficiency, 300·watt pro-
jection lamp gives brilliant
pictures.
contents
Loading 6
Kodak Film 10
Setting Film Index 12
Exposure Value Number 13
Exposure Settings 18
Distance Settings 22
Taking the Picture 26
Flash Pictures 28
Photo Aids 32

Inf.
12'/.
101/. x 15
191/2
25 181/2 9
5/. X
14'/4
10
16Y.
87/8 X 131f8
6151/4
7'/4 Xllln
14'/4 71/2 X II
413'/4 6
7/. X
10
1/4
3
6
1/.
x 9
21f2
111/2
5
5/8 X
8
1/4
Inf. I 13 I 6'/4Xl0
25 I 12 1 . I 6 1 8 X 91/2
10 I 1]3/4 I 6 X 8 7 1a
6 I II I 50/. X 8%
5 I 10
5/.
I 5'Al X 8
4 I 101f. I 51/8 X 70/8
3 I 9% I 4 5 /a x 6 %
21f2 I 8Y. I 4% X 61 h
'Subject·to·lens distance is measured to front of the Portra Lens
MaKing FI••~h Pictures
1: Kodal ite Super-M 4 Flasholder
Insert the No. 5 or 25 or M-2 flash lamps into the
lamp socket.
Koda < Rotary FLasholcler, MQdei 1
Insert the M-2 flash lamps into the plastic lamp disc.
2. Set the index on the shutter speed ring to 30,(1/30
second). A No.5 or 25 lamp has a flash duration of
Note:
Do not insert a lamp in
the lamp socket until
the flasholder has been
connected to the cam-
era,
29

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Flash pictures, in black-and-white or color, are easy to
make with your camera. The built-in synchronization
of your Kodak Synchro 250 Shutter permits the use
of flash, including electronic flash. Flash lamps are
fired when the camera shutter is released. Flash ex-
posure data is on one side of the exposure value cards.
The Kodak Synchro 250 Shutter synchronizes No.5,
No. 25, and M-2 lamps at speed 30 (1/30 second).
Electronic flash (zero-time delay) synchronizes at all
shutter speeds.
The Signet 50 was designed to use flasholders with
Kodalite fittings such as the Kodalite Super-M 4
Flasholder and Kodak Rotary Flasholder, Model l.
These flasholders do not require the use of a bracket
to attach the flasholder to the camera. Instructions for
using the flasholders are packed with them.
1. Set the red index dot to the exposure value number
obtained from the exposure meter or the exposure
value card.
2. Turn the shutter speed ring to the desired speed
setting or lens opening. For average snapshots set the
shutter speed at "60" (1/60 sec.).
3. Set the distance.
4. Select the view in the viewfinder.
5. Hold the camera steady; then press the shutter re-
lease lever all the way down with a slow, squeezing
action. If the film has not been advanced to the next
frame and the word WIND appears in the viewfinder,
or if the film leader has not been wound off fully, you
cannot press the release lever.
To advance the film, with the right thumb swing out
the rapid wind lever one full stroke or several short
RAPID WIND LEVER
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locks - this takes several full strokes of the lever. The
first frame of film will then be in position and the
EXPOSURE COUNTER will be automatically set at 1. The
counter will move a mark each time the film is ad-
vanced up to exposure "36." It will show the number
of exposures made.-
Note:
Neither the exposure counter nor the shutter release will
operate unless film for exposure 1 is in position.
6
Open the back by pushing the LATCH upward with the
fleshy part of your finger. Push out the REWIND KNOB
with your thumb. Put the film magazine in the recess
next to the knob. Push the rewind knob all the way in,
turning it slightly, if necessary.
Swing out the RAPID WIND LEVER until the opening
in the take-up drum is up.
Drop the end of the film into the opening in the
take-up drum. Swing out the rapid wind lever until
the pins on the take-up drum engage the film perfora-
tions and the film is wound halfway around the drum.
Close the back. Make sure the latch snaps in place.
Swing out the rapid wind lever until the mechanism
ones until it locks; then let the lever return to its
original position. Now you can press the shutter re-
lease lever.
After you have taken the last picture, the rapid
wind lever locks. The film must be rewound into the
magazine before opening the camera. To do this, push
the rewind release in the direction of the arrow
and hold the release while turning the rewind
knob clockwise, in the direction of the
arrow, until the film is completely
rewound into the magazine.

28
26
Flash pictures, in black-and-white or color, are easy to
make with your camera. The built-in synchronization
of your Kodak Synchro 250 Shutter permits the use
of flash, including electronic flash. Flash lamps are
fired when the camera shutter is released. Flash ex-
posure data is on one side of the exposure value cards.
The Kodak Synchro 250 Shutter synchronizes No.5,
No. 25, and M-2 lamps at speed 30 (1/30 second).
Electronic flash (zero-time delay) synchronizes at all
shutter speeds.
The Signet 50 was designed to use flasholders with
Kodalite fittings such as the Kodalite Super-M 4
Flasholder and Kodak Rotary Flasholder, Model l.
These flasholders do not require the use of a bracket
to attach the flasholder to the camera. Instructions for
using the flasholders are packed with them.
1. Set the red index dot to the exposure value number
obtained from the exposure meter or the exposure
value card.
2. Turn the shutter speed ring to the desired speed
setting or lens opening. For average snapshots set the
shutter speed at "60" (1/60 sec.).
3. Set the distance.
4. Select the view in the viewfinder.
5. Hold the camera steady; then press the shutter re-
lease lever all the way down with a slow, squeezing
action. If the film has not been advanced to the next
frame and the word WIND appears in the viewfinder,
or if the film leader has not been wound off fully, you
cannot press the release lever.
To advance the film, with the right thumb swing out
the rapid wind lever one full stroke or several short
RAPID WIND LEVER
7

8
locks - this takes several full strokes of the lever. The
first frame of film will then be in position and the
EXPOSURE COUNTER will be automatically set at 1. The
counter will move a mark each time the film is ad-
vanced up to exposure "36." It will show the number
of exposures made.-
Note:
Neither the exposure counter nor the shutter release will
operate unless film for exposure 1 is in position.
6
Open the back by pushing the LATCH upward with the
fleshy part of your finger. Push out the REWIND KNOB
with your thumb. Put the film magazine in the recess
next to the knob. Push the rewind knob all the way in,
turning it slightly, if necessary.
Swing out the RAPID WIND LEVER until the opening
in the take-up drum is up.
Drop the end of the film into the opening in the
take-up drum. Swing out the rapid wind lever until
the pins on the take-up drum engage the film perfora-
tions and the film is wound halfway around the drum.
Close the back. Make sure the latch snaps in place.
Swing out the rapid wind lever until the mechanism
ones until it locks; then let the lever return to its
original position. Now you can press the shutter re-
lease lever.
After you have taken the last picture, the rapid
wind lever locks. The film must be rewound into the
magazine before opening the camera. To do this, push
the rewind release in the direction of the arrow
and hold the release while turning the rewind
knob clockwise, in the direction of the
arrow, until the film is completely
rewound into the magazine.