3 Slide Viewer for Viewing 35mm Transparencies

Most of the smaller digital cameras available today do not have an optical viewfinder. They depend on an LCD screen on the back of the camera to compose the picture. A common problem is that on a bright sunny day it can be difficult to see anything on the LCD screen, except maybe your own reflection.This old style slide viewer can be modified in a way that allows it to be held up against the LCD screen of a digital camera. The screen is then shielded from the sun and the operator's eye looks through the small end of the viewer. This system becomes almost like an optical viewfinder.The modification involves cutting off the opaque ( light colored ) end of the viewer with a hacksaw. This is an easy operation. Then lightly file and sand the cut area.Lastly I cut some fuzzy side Velcro that had a peel-off sticky back so I could attach it to the cut face of the viewer and avoid scratching the LCD screen. Some good kitchen shears will cut these narrow strips of Velcro easily. Sticky side felt strips should work well too.This modified viewer has an open end of 1-3/4 inches square which does not cover the entire LCD. However the viewer magnifies what it sees by 2X. I have found that it makes me more careful about looking at the entire scene when composing the image.This slide viewer does everything that I hoped it would at a low cost.

This is a handy viewer to have when fast viewing slides or looking over your collection. Light plastic, made just well enough, it does not have the look or performance of a high grade instrument. The main issue is the optics could be better and many people would be willing to pay more for this improvement. But the viewing is good enough, slides load easily, and many slides can be viewed quickly. Worth the money.

This is as advertised, but it is really too small to be of any value.

I do not understand the bad reviews for this item. It is small (not too small), lightweight, simple to use, uses free ambient light. It is perfect for quickly viewing slides and seeing the dirt/fuzz to remove, and it uses no electricity nor has batteries or bulbs to wear out. The only thing I can say is not right is the title: "3 slide viewer". It allows one to view one slide at a time, in its cardboard holder; slips into and out of the viewer easily. The bad reviews are misleading. This has a good value (low price) and is great for previewing slides. I also recommend the Wolverine SNaP from Amazon to download slides, negatives, or photos to your computer or a memory chip. Remember to keep your irreplacable slides somewhere or at least have several back-ups and keep them off-site. Where did floppy disks go? That could happen to CD's one day, just like VCR's, 8 tracks, Beta Max, and even cassettes.

I've gotten better prizes in a Cracker Jack box! The picture, in comparison to the other viewers next to it, is deceptive....makes it look MUCH bigger than it is! I guess if you have PERFECT eyesight, it might be useful, but not for me! Adorama camera suggested I mail it back (at my expense, of course) and that would have cost me more than I paid for it!! I asked them to simply credit me my purchase price (a measly $2.99) towards a bigger and better viewer that I was willing to buy, but they refused. You've lost a customer.....I will NOT buy from Adorama again. Buyer beware! If you are looking for a way to really SEE your slides, this is NOT for you!!

A tip for poor photographers out there. I converted this to help me review my shots on the LCD screen when I'm out shooting wildlife. I simply took off the cover, used clipper/cutters to clip away the long side and hot glued a stiff felt covering around the edge to protect my camera's LCD. I then put one of those leashes on it and attached to my camera strap. Now I always have it to shade the screen from sun so I can check to see if I have the right exposure and make sure I got the shot. You can buy a similar product (and I'm sure better product) meant for this, but at $80-100. I'd rather spend the extra cash on other items where the brand really matters. I have two friends that really like it also.

Pana-vue 3 Slide Viewer for Viewing 35mm Transparencies From various descriptions, I knew before this was NOT the item I really wanted as the type I have used in the past have a slot in the bottom that allows for viewing not only of slides but 35mm film strips as well. I did think the price was too much for a small piece of plastic. When I received the item, I was shocked by the size of the box to hold one little slide viewer. I was even more shocked when upon opening, I discovered I was the proud owner of not ONE by TWELVE of a device I only half wanted. I know they are cheaply made but ELEVEN spares. The box itself makes no mention of the number of devices and I have reviewed the product description page at Amazon where I ordered and I can find no mention of more than one device. So I shall probably be requesting a return. One product I really did not want is one thing, but TWELVE!!!

Bought this to digitize old 35 mm slides. Worked fine for my needs. See example photo (attached).I scotch taped it to an old iPhone 5 (see photo), then pointed it at an LED light bulb. Very kludgey, but hey, it worked. With this set up, I was able to take a photo of many old slides quickly. Taping this slide viewer to my iPhone allowed me to more easily focus the camera, and to take the picture of the slide without blurring (since any movement on my part would also move the old slide). Then I edited them later. During the edit phase, I had to crop them (simple to do using my iPhone camera app. I also have an Android phone (ZTE v8 Blade) and that worked as well, but I chose to use my old iPhone instead since I didn't want to keep having to tape (and un-tape) the slide viewer onto my newer phone.I tried using an iPad Air as well, but the focal length requirement of the iPad Air camera was longer than the depth of the slide viewer, so that didn't work. The pictures came out a little too blurry.