Does this viewer magnify the slide 3 times? I can look at the slides through a window otherwise.
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it does magnify them, but i'm not sure how much. if you just want to look to get an idea of what the slide is, the window is fine. if you want more, like who, where, etc. I would recommend the viewer. I used it to sort slides that i inherited to decide what to put on a disk to share with the rest of the family. It was a good investment for that.
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Sorry I can't help you. That never happened to me. My brother used it after I converted all my old slides to images to also convert his slides and had no problems. Between us we had thousands of slides! Maybe it is defective? Maybe you can return it for another one. I had to return my first one and they were excellent about it. Hope you can do it! I loved using mine because it was so simple! Hope this helps a bit.
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Yes, this scanner has a devise in which you can place several slides and scan - I have not used it. I use this exclusively for scanning photos and the quality is excellent.
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There is a indentation about mid way through the device. You'll see a series of parallel vertical striations of sorts moving from left To right. That is your magnification knob. It's really my only complaint about the device. It should've been a digital zoom.
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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.
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I'm sorry to say that if I would have known this didn't work before I bought it, I would not have bought it. It does work great as long as you are in regular(single screen) view, but as soon as I click the box for presenter view with dual screen, it no longer advances slides. If anybody know of a fix, please let me know. Otherwise, I need to look for something that works and see if Amazon will let me return it. And I thought I did my homework before this purchase!
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As below, the answer is yes, you will be able to scan your slides, 12 at a time when inserted into the slide holder that is one of the parts you will recieve with this scanner. You will have to remove the metal frames to insert the slides into the holder. I did 15,000 of my parents' slides. It took a long while, but DONE now.
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It is a 3-X optical magnifier. there's supposed to be a 5-X too, but I haven't been able to find one. It does have a 5x bubble but it tends to be a distraction.
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Yes, it accepts mounted 35mm 2"x2" slides. When the slide is inserted, the slide protrudes slightly from the slot so one can get a grip on it to remove it after viewing. To view the slide, just press down on the top edge of the slide and a spring allows it to lower into the slot and automatically illuminate the frosted screen behind the slide for viewing.
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I believe you are talking about the old picture slides, and the answer is no. It is used with a computer and programs such as powerpoint. It can also project whatever you are viewing on your computer. However, it is not able to do individual slides.
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Yes! No problem in seeing your slides. It also is great with the 35 mm film. I was able to see the well for the first time in years. I really like the product and recommend it highly! Ginnie
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I turned my light on and adjusted it to see. I am not an expert but can only tell you what I do see when I adjust the lighted magnifying glass to different distances and it appears to magnify the specific items one focuses on to three times larger. Bear in mind I already wear glasses so this is what I see wearing my glasses and I do realize that it is different under different circumstances and different distances. What is important to me is that I can adjust the distant to what is helpful and applicable to my sight. At the same time I can only assume it will be the same for others
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I have only fooled with this a little, but yes, you insert the slides one at a time and the slide is scanned to a memory card (you supply). I think there is a way to scan to a file on your computer but I haven't been home to try all the features. The operation is very simple, there is a way to specify bw negatives, color negative, or slides. I am a little concerned about the quality of the images, but I need to get an image from a slide I've had professionally scanned, and then compare the two scans.
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It works fine for mounted slides, I helped my dad copy several thousand of them. A couple of things to be aware of...different mounting frames will fit differently into the slot, you may need to adjust different frames to display the most image. Of course, you can only do one slide at a time, so the process can be tedious. Consider getting an SD card to load into the scanner so you can store the images on it, leaving you free to display the unit on a tv...this will give you a good image to work with as well as allowing words in the pictures to be more visible thereby insuring you get correct orientation. Finally, get a can of compressed air so you can periodically blow dust out of the scanner...old slides tend to be dirty. Good luck
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NO WAY ! It happens because the whole optical block is weak. The required movement to open it is violent. The zoom is altered by this movement. I tried to be very careful with the second i received, but the same trouble occured.
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I just got the viewer a couple of days ago and have only viewed slides so far. Haven't tried negatives yet
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It does have a slide show option where you can flip through it. It also does power off after a while. I cannot remember when exactly that is though, but you can also power it off yourself.