What slides are in the set?
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Hi there are many..Comes with animal, plant, insect, textile, pollen and spore specimens, etc. My granddaughter just loved it for awhile and then when on to find many things around the house and outdoors to view. Hope this helps!
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This was purchased as a gift, but I don't believe it came with slides. I purchased a starter set of slides separately.
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there are several settings you have to choose from. Make sure you have set for slides.
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Lyn, a small instruction booklet. You will want to buy more slides (I bought the box of Celestron prepared slides) since this only comes with four prepared slides. The five plain slides are a lot of fun too. I bought a separate science book that explained and had a lot of pictures of magnified images - and a short story type book called something like Greg's First Microscope. Together, those items made a well-rounded gift - and my son 9 YO enjoys even a year later.
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There are basic instructions but nothing detailed. They provide dimensions and guidelines. However, there is quite a bit of information online about installing slides.
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Sorry this was quite a while ago and I don't remember anything except it served a temporary purpose for me. It worked well and I could see all my slides so I could transfer them to a disc. Sorry I can't say more than that. I had no use for it after that and don't know where it is.
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here's the answer from celestron: http://www.celestron.com/support/knowledgebase?article=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.celestron.com%2Fc3%2Fsupport3%2Findex.php%3Fgroup%3Diframe%26_m%3Dknowledgebase%26_a%3Dviewarticle%26nav%3D0%26kbarticleid%3D2440&title=What+slides+are+included+in+the+Prepared+Slide+Sets+(%2344410%2C+%2344411%2C+and+%2344412)%3F
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It only comes with a couple blank slides. I purchased extra slides so my son could make his own.
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I can't answer that question but I can tell you that I had lots of slides and I shipped them off to scancafe.com and they scanned them and put them on a cd for .24 a slide (you get to pick which ones you want as long as you choose 50% or more).
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The calendar, the clock, and the slideshow are all displayed separately. Hope that helps! :)
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These are side mount slides. Installation instructions come with the slides.
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Yes, I ordered the slides, too. My impression is the slides were of some benefit in generating interest in the microscope, but the grandkids are much more interested in finding their own stuff to look at. Note: My input is second-hand in that it is based on feedback from my daughter who lives in GA with our grandchildren and we live in CA. The microscope and slides were a Xmas present for the oldest (8 years old), but the 6 year old is also excited about it.
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extend the slides until you can see two black plastic tabs that you squeeze together. Once you do that, the slides will come apart. It's hard to explain without a picture, so if you still need help, let me know and I'll take a picture to attach.
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For slides you put them in one at a time. I haven't done negatives so I have no idea about them.
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Caroline: I have only did slides (126), quality is not the greatest. Ok for saving purposes but, Would recommend better quality $$devise. (it matches the cost) It think it will scan any thing, place neg. for optimum view.frame determines what shows.
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Mine downloaded real good for about half of my slides, and showed it had all of them. However it only shows half of them in my pictures file. I am going to have to go back through them and try downloading the ones that it didn't put in my pictures. But had great luck on the first half.
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I suggest getting a good one if you are going to get one and if your son really enjoys learning. We bought these slides and our girls loved them so much we ended up getting another set that had 100 slides in it.