Is this good for looking at old slides
860387
It is not the best but it is really good to be able to quickly look to see what a slide is about. The good thing is that it does not use any electricity or batteries and is very quick and easy to use.
860388
What do you want? A zoom electric screen projector? Or do you want to identify the worth of an old slide. That is what I use it for. If it is junk. Trash. If it is worthy, digitize it.
860389
Absolutely NOT. There is no light and the view hole is the size of a dime. I threw it away. It was totally useless.
860390
Not really. It's hardly better than holding the slide up to the light. Also it's a flimsy piece of junk. A total waste of money.
860391
yes, it is - but you need a good light behind it. Also, since you have to look directly into the viewer to see it, you have to squint, closing one eye. Tedious if you have to repeat the process continuously. A better choice, in my opinion, is to get a viewer with its own light, one that you can view by looking with both eyes at the screen, small though it may be.
251839
I can only imagine that your slides may have dust on them. If not perfectly clean you will see specks.
1064305
Have you used this scanner for a mounted 35mm slide? What is the ease of use and the quality of the scan? I am looking for a scanner to scan many, many slides from my father and need ease of use as well as scan quality.Many thanks,Helen
499627
I bought one and after trying 4 times to make good reproductions and accomplish it faster I just tossed it out! Took my slides to Costco and for a nominal price and effort I had all of them categorized, sorted with background music. They look just like I took them even though some were from 1972! Good luck!
2026852
Linda...according to the pictures, the software is good for PC and Mac and the unit is easy to use. We copied over 100 slides to my computer and the quality was amazing for as old as they were.
760934
I think it may depend on the source material. I have only used it for slides that were 40 years old. Predictably those slides that were sharp (in focus) prodused the best results and if a slide was over or underexposed you can try to adjust the exposure. A lot of my slides were starting to fade and they were the ones with with the lowest quality.
1336300
This item is not electrically powered. You just put the slide into the viewer and hold it up to the light. An old fashioned, low-tech way to view your slides!
1737028
Yes. It can scan slides (positives) and film negatives, but you need different holders for each. I recommend that you buy a couple of extra holders (slide or strip) if you have much to do.
943175
Yes, you can view the slides easily, no problem. I did not find my 35mm negatives until recently and did not think to view them. I am not sure if it would be possible. My negatives are in one long strip and I think I could view them. Ginnie W
1144605
My son is 11 yrs old and it is great for the purpose of seeing various objects under low and high power magnification. I would highly recommend buying some prepared slides as the quality is very good and much better than anything you could mount and stain yourself (see my other reviews)
1434814
Not really. This is more of a stationary magnifying glass. I use it to look at garden bugs up close, leaves, rocks, etc. You can view 3-dimensional objects with this, unlike a true microscope where you look at "2-dimensional" objects. I suppose you can look at slides with it (I have done this), but you'd be disappointed if you needed to see microscopic detail.
1382320
Sorry I can't answer that question as I never used it to scan slides. Everything else scans beautifully, though.
796360
Yes i beleive this would work for checking for worms .you might want to order extra slides.
2245429
Yes, the SLIDES2PC works quite well with Windows 7. I have digitized over 700 slides and negatives, some of which are over 40 years old, and am amazed at the results. Just make sure that all of the dust and other debris is removed from the slide or negative. It works quite well.
2115596
I've been scanning old slides from my childhood, those typical ones my dad would bring home, during hte 50s. So yes, and it does a great job.
467022
John, Install the drivers first, so that when you power up the scanner it will be recognized. I think you will be happy with this scanner. It isn't the fastest around, but the results are worth the wait. I think some of my old slides (1960's and 1970's) look better than they did originally.
1891069
If your slides are high quality then yes, if not your basically just getting a picture of how the slide is, I have transferred my dads slides to my laptop, they were not high quality but you can go into a picture program an clean them up. Hope that helps.