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What is this called? Old film camera viewer?
The Next CEO of Stack OverflowWhat makes a good film camera?What to do with an old film camera?What should one look for when buying a used film camera?What is the value and age of this pre-1967 Ricoh 35 mm camera?DSLR recommendation, question about old Canon 35mm film Camera & lensesCan anyone identify the silver rangefinder-style camera in this advertisement?What kind of a Polaroid 600-camera is this?Will an old film camera still work even when not used in a very long time?What is this camera / Can I develop the film?How to fit an action camera into antique (bellows) housing?What to check when buying used and old film bodies?
I don’t know what it is, but I found it at a thrift shop.
You put the little white squares that are in the back into it, look through the lens and you can see the pictures.
I found it super fascinating and I really want to know what it is called so I can look more into it! Thank you :)
old-cameras
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I don’t know what it is, but I found it at a thrift shop.
You put the little white squares that are in the back into it, look through the lens and you can see the pictures.
I found it super fascinating and I really want to know what it is called so I can look more into it! Thank you :)
old-cameras
edited Mar 24 at 0:00
Tobia Tesan
1053
asked Mar 23 at 7:49
isabelisabel
262
1
You can still buy new slide viewers and reversal (aka slide aka transparency) film. Very easy to find/buy a good used 35mm film camera too. Have a go!
– osullic
Mar 23 at 11:00
8
the little white squares that are in the back. Boy. I. Am. So. Old.
– Tobia Tesan
Mar 23 at 18:22
"look more into it" ha , yes look more.
– Alaska man
Mar 24 at 22:07
add a comment |
I don’t know what it is, but I found it at a thrift shop.
You put the little white squares that are in the back into it, look through the lens and you can see the pictures.
I found it super fascinating and I really want to know what it is called so I can look more into it! Thank you :)
old-cameras
edited Mar 24 at 0:00
Tobia Tesan
1053
asked Mar 23 at 7:49
isabelisabel
262
I don’t know what it is, but I found it at a thrift shop.
You put the little white squares that are in the back into it, look through the lens and you can see the pictures.
I found it super fascinating and I really want to know what it is called so I can look more into it! Thank you :)
old-cameras
old-cameras
edited Mar 24 at 0:00
Tobia Tesan
1053
asked Mar 23 at 7:49
isabelisabel
262
edited Mar 24 at 0:00
Tobia Tesan
1053
asked Mar 23 at 7:49
isabelisabel
262
edited Mar 24 at 0:00
Tobia Tesan
1053
edited Mar 24 at 0:00
Tobia Tesan
1053
edited Mar 24 at 0:00
Tobia Tesan
1053
1053
asked Mar 23 at 7:49
isabelisabel
262
asked Mar 23 at 7:49
isabelisabel
262
asked Mar 23 at 7:49
isabelisabel
262
262
1
You can still buy new slide viewers and reversal (aka slide aka transparency) film. Very easy to find/buy a good used 35mm film camera too. Have a go!
– osullic
Mar 23 at 11:00
8
the little white squares that are in the back. Boy. I. Am. So. Old.
– Tobia Tesan
Mar 23 at 18:22
"look more into it" ha , yes look more.
– Alaska man
Mar 24 at 22:07
add a comment |
1
You can still buy new slide viewers and reversal (aka slide aka transparency) film. Very easy to find/buy a good used 35mm film camera too. Have a go!
– osullic
Mar 23 at 11:00
8
the little white squares that are in the back. Boy. I. Am. So. Old.
– Tobia Tesan
Mar 23 at 18:22
"look more into it" ha , yes look more.
– Alaska man
Mar 24 at 22:07
1
1
You can still buy new slide viewers and reversal (aka slide aka transparency) film. Very easy to find/buy a good used 35mm film camera too. Have a go!
– osullic
Mar 23 at 11:00
You can still buy new slide viewers and reversal (aka slide aka transparency) film. Very easy to find/buy a good used 35mm film camera too. Have a go!
– osullic
Mar 23 at 11:00
8
8
the little white squares that are in the back. Boy. I. Am. So. Old.– Tobia Tesan
Mar 23 at 18:22
the little white squares that are in the back. Boy. I. Am. So. Old.– Tobia Tesan
Mar 23 at 18:22
"look more into it" ha , yes look more.
– Alaska man
Mar 24 at 22:07
"look more into it" ha , yes look more.
– Alaska man
Mar 24 at 22:07
add a comment |
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It is called a slide viewer.
Unlike photographic negatives, where the darkest parts of the image are lightest and vice-versa, photographic slide film produced a positive image directly on the film that could be viewed as is. "Slide" film is more properly called reversal film. Color slides are sometimes called "color reversal film" because not only are the brightest parts of the image preserved on the film the brightest parts of the scene, but the colors were correct instead of inverted as they are with color negative film.
One common way of viewing slide film was via a slide projector that shone light through the film and a lens that projected the image on a screen, much like an analog movie projector did. This usually required viewing in a darkened room with a screen (kind of like a movie theater, only on a smaller scale).
An easy way to view slides without a projector or a darkened room with a screen was to hold them up to a light source and let the light shine through them. But 135 format ("35mm") film slides are fairly small. A viewer like the one you have found included a set of lenses that magnified the slide while allowing ambient light from behind the slide to illuminate it without the need for a projector, screen, and a darkened room.
More contemporary versions include their own light source and are viewable without needing to hold them up to one's eye.
One popular toy that was around back when I was growing up was called a 'Viewmaster'. It was basically a stereoscopic slide viewer that used discs with 14 small slides. This produced seven stereoscopic images, as each image required a right and left slide for each eye. The images were captured by a stereoscopic camera with two lenses arranged next to one another like two eyes. The discs were arranged in such a way that each push of the lever on the side advanced the disc by two sets of frames, with the intermediate set of frames upside down to be viewed when the disc had been nearly half-rotated around.
answered Mar 23 at 8:53
Michael CMichael C
134k7152380
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Think we clicked to post at almost the same moment. A lot more detail in your answer, so it's getting my vote.
– ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
Mar 23 at 8:55
it should have a large matte translucent element at the opposite end to diffuse the incoming light into an uniform glow. Basically, it serves as a loupe permanently coupled to a "passive" lighttable.
– Agent_L
Mar 23 at 10:17
1
I have a couple of issues with terminology in this answer. "Photographic negatives made from conventional film"... colour negative, reversal and traditional black & white film were all conventional films. Kodachrome for example was extremely popular and widely used for a time. I think a different term is needed here. "Slide film produced a positive image on the negative"... this made me laugh :) We can talk about a film strip perhaps. There can be negative images or positive images on the film strip. There is no "positive on the negative".
– osullic
Mar 23 at 10:47
Lastly, you don't mention at all one of the most common ways to view slides - with a loupe on a lightbox. Could be worth considering adding info about this.
– osullic
Mar 23 at 10:48
An interesting historical note: Tru-Vue
– junkyardsparkle
Mar 23 at 12:34
|
show 1 more comment
That's a slide viewer - the "little white squares" are 35mm photographic slides.
I have one just like the one in the picture - it's a nice way of checking slides before putting them into a projector or scanner.
More expensive versions would look like a miniature TV and have battery power, but it's been a while since I've seen any of those.
answered Mar 23 at 8:53
ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHereItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
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It is called a slide viewer.
Unlike photographic negatives, where the darkest parts of the image are lightest and vice-versa, photographic slide film produced a positive image directly on the film that could be viewed as is. "Slide" film is more properly called reversal film. Color slides are sometimes called "color reversal film" because not only are the brightest parts of the image preserved on the film the brightest parts of the scene, but the colors were correct instead of inverted as they are with color negative film.
One common way of viewing slide film was via a slide projector that shone light through the film and a lens that projected the image on a screen, much like an analog movie projector did. This usually required viewing in a darkened room with a screen (kind of like a movie theater, only on a smaller scale).
An easy way to view slides without a projector or a darkened room with a screen was to hold them up to a light source and let the light shine through them. But 135 format ("35mm") film slides are fairly small. A viewer like the one you have found included a set of lenses that magnified the slide while allowing ambient light from behind the slide to illuminate it without the need for a projector, screen, and a darkened room.
More contemporary versions include their own light source and are viewable without needing to hold them up to one's eye.
One popular toy that was around back when I was growing up was called a 'Viewmaster'. It was basically a stereoscopic slide viewer that used discs with 14 small slides. This produced seven stereoscopic images, as each image required a right and left slide for each eye. The images were captured by a stereoscopic camera with two lenses arranged next to one another like two eyes. The discs were arranged in such a way that each push of the lever on the side advanced the disc by two sets of frames, with the intermediate set of frames upside down to be viewed when the disc had been nearly half-rotated around.
answered Mar 23 at 8:53
Michael CMichael C
134k7152380
1
Think we clicked to post at almost the same moment. A lot more detail in your answer, so it's getting my vote.
– ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
Mar 23 at 8:55
it should have a large matte translucent element at the opposite end to diffuse the incoming light into an uniform glow. Basically, it serves as a loupe permanently coupled to a "passive" lighttable.
– Agent_L
Mar 23 at 10:17
1
I have a couple of issues with terminology in this answer. "Photographic negatives made from conventional film"... colour negative, reversal and traditional black & white film were all conventional films. Kodachrome for example was extremely popular and widely used for a time. I think a different term is needed here. "Slide film produced a positive image on the negative"... this made me laugh :) We can talk about a film strip perhaps. There can be negative images or positive images on the film strip. There is no "positive on the negative".
– osullic
Mar 23 at 10:47
Lastly, you don't mention at all one of the most common ways to view slides - with a loupe on a lightbox. Could be worth considering adding info about this.
– osullic
Mar 23 at 10:48
An interesting historical note: Tru-Vue
– junkyardsparkle
Mar 23 at 12:34
|
show 1 more comment
It is called a slide viewer.
Unlike photographic negatives, where the darkest parts of the image are lightest and vice-versa, photographic slide film produced a positive image directly on the film that could be viewed as is. "Slide" film is more properly called reversal film. Color slides are sometimes called "color reversal film" because not only are the brightest parts of the image preserved on the film the brightest parts of the scene, but the colors were correct instead of inverted as they are with color negative film.
One common way of viewing slide film was via a slide projector that shone light through the film and a lens that projected the image on a screen, much like an analog movie projector did. This usually required viewing in a darkened room with a screen (kind of like a movie theater, only on a smaller scale).
An easy way to view slides without a projector or a darkened room with a screen was to hold them up to a light source and let the light shine through them. But 135 format ("35mm") film slides are fairly small. A viewer like the one you have found included a set of lenses that magnified the slide while allowing ambient light from behind the slide to illuminate it without the need for a projector, screen, and a darkened room.
More contemporary versions include their own light source and are viewable without needing to hold them up to one's eye.
One popular toy that was around back when I was growing up was called a 'Viewmaster'. It was basically a stereoscopic slide viewer that used discs with 14 small slides. This produced seven stereoscopic images, as each image required a right and left slide for each eye. The images were captured by a stereoscopic camera with two lenses arranged next to one another like two eyes. The discs were arranged in such a way that each push of the lever on the side advanced the disc by two sets of frames, with the intermediate set of frames upside down to be viewed when the disc had been nearly half-rotated around.
answered Mar 23 at 8:53
Michael CMichael C
134k7152380
1
Think we clicked to post at almost the same moment. A lot more detail in your answer, so it's getting my vote.
– ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
Mar 23 at 8:55
it should have a large matte translucent element at the opposite end to diffuse the incoming light into an uniform glow. Basically, it serves as a loupe permanently coupled to a "passive" lighttable.
– Agent_L
Mar 23 at 10:17
1
I have a couple of issues with terminology in this answer. "Photographic negatives made from conventional film"... colour negative, reversal and traditional black & white film were all conventional films. Kodachrome for example was extremely popular and widely used for a time. I think a different term is needed here. "Slide film produced a positive image on the negative"... this made me laugh :) We can talk about a film strip perhaps. There can be negative images or positive images on the film strip. There is no "positive on the negative".
– osullic
Mar 23 at 10:47
Lastly, you don't mention at all one of the most common ways to view slides - with a loupe on a lightbox. Could be worth considering adding info about this.
– osullic
Mar 23 at 10:48
An interesting historical note: Tru-Vue
– junkyardsparkle
Mar 23 at 12:34
|
show 1 more comment
It is called a slide viewer.
Unlike photographic negatives, where the darkest parts of the image are lightest and vice-versa, photographic slide film produced a positive image directly on the film that could be viewed as is. "Slide" film is more properly called reversal film. Color slides are sometimes called "color reversal film" because not only are the brightest parts of the image preserved on the film the brightest parts of the scene, but the colors were correct instead of inverted as they are with color negative film.
One common way of viewing slide film was via a slide projector that shone light through the film and a lens that projected the image on a screen, much like an analog movie projector did. This usually required viewing in a darkened room with a screen (kind of like a movie theater, only on a smaller scale).
An easy way to view slides without a projector or a darkened room with a screen was to hold them up to a light source and let the light shine through them. But 135 format ("35mm") film slides are fairly small. A viewer like the one you have found included a set of lenses that magnified the slide while allowing ambient light from behind the slide to illuminate it without the need for a projector, screen, and a darkened room.
More contemporary versions include their own light source and are viewable without needing to hold them up to one's eye.
One popular toy that was around back when I was growing up was called a 'Viewmaster'. It was basically a stereoscopic slide viewer that used discs with 14 small slides. This produced seven stereoscopic images, as each image required a right and left slide for each eye. The images were captured by a stereoscopic camera with two lenses arranged next to one another like two eyes. The discs were arranged in such a way that each push of the lever on the side advanced the disc by two sets of frames, with the intermediate set of frames upside down to be viewed when the disc had been nearly half-rotated around.
answered Mar 23 at 8:53
Michael CMichael C
134k7152380
It is called a slide viewer.
Unlike photographic negatives, where the darkest parts of the image are lightest and vice-versa, photographic slide film produced a positive image directly on the film that could be viewed as is. "Slide" film is more properly called reversal film. Color slides are sometimes called "color reversal film" because not only are the brightest parts of the image preserved on the film the brightest parts of the scene, but the colors were correct instead of inverted as they are with color negative film.
One common way of viewing slide film was via a slide projector that shone light through the film and a lens that projected the image on a screen, much like an analog movie projector did. This usually required viewing in a darkened room with a screen (kind of like a movie theater, only on a smaller scale).
An easy way to view slides without a projector or a darkened room with a screen was to hold them up to a light source and let the light shine through them. But 135 format ("35mm") film slides are fairly small. A viewer like the one you have found included a set of lenses that magnified the slide while allowing ambient light from behind the slide to illuminate it without the need for a projector, screen, and a darkened room.
More contemporary versions include their own light source and are viewable without needing to hold them up to one's eye.
One popular toy that was around back when I was growing up was called a 'Viewmaster'. It was basically a stereoscopic slide viewer that used discs with 14 small slides. This produced seven stereoscopic images, as each image required a right and left slide for each eye. The images were captured by a stereoscopic camera with two lenses arranged next to one another like two eyes. The discs were arranged in such a way that each push of the lever on the side advanced the disc by two sets of frames, with the intermediate set of frames upside down to be viewed when the disc had been nearly half-rotated around.
answered Mar 23 at 8:53
Michael CMichael C
134k7152380
edited Mar 23 at 18:11
answered Mar 23 at 8:53
Michael CMichael C
134k7152380
answered Mar 23 at 8:53
Michael CMichael C
134k7152380
answered Mar 23 at 8:53
Michael CMichael C
134k7152380
134k7152380
1
Think we clicked to post at almost the same moment. A lot more detail in your answer, so it's getting my vote.
– ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
Mar 23 at 8:55
it should have a large matte translucent element at the opposite end to diffuse the incoming light into an uniform glow. Basically, it serves as a loupe permanently coupled to a "passive" lighttable.
– Agent_L
Mar 23 at 10:17
1
I have a couple of issues with terminology in this answer. "Photographic negatives made from conventional film"... colour negative, reversal and traditional black & white film were all conventional films. Kodachrome for example was extremely popular and widely used for a time. I think a different term is needed here. "Slide film produced a positive image on the negative"... this made me laugh :) We can talk about a film strip perhaps. There can be negative images or positive images on the film strip. There is no "positive on the negative".
– osullic
Mar 23 at 10:47
Lastly, you don't mention at all one of the most common ways to view slides - with a loupe on a lightbox. Could be worth considering adding info about this.
– osullic
Mar 23 at 10:48
An interesting historical note: Tru-Vue
– junkyardsparkle
Mar 23 at 12:34
|
show 1 more comment
1
Think we clicked to post at almost the same moment. A lot more detail in your answer, so it's getting my vote.
– ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
Mar 23 at 8:55
it should have a large matte translucent element at the opposite end to diffuse the incoming light into an uniform glow. Basically, it serves as a loupe permanently coupled to a "passive" lighttable.
– Agent_L
Mar 23 at 10:17
1
I have a couple of issues with terminology in this answer. "Photographic negatives made from conventional film"... colour negative, reversal and traditional black & white film were all conventional films. Kodachrome for example was extremely popular and widely used for a time. I think a different term is needed here. "Slide film produced a positive image on the negative"... this made me laugh :) We can talk about a film strip perhaps. There can be negative images or positive images on the film strip. There is no "positive on the negative".
– osullic
Mar 23 at 10:47
Lastly, you don't mention at all one of the most common ways to view slides - with a loupe on a lightbox. Could be worth considering adding info about this.
– osullic
Mar 23 at 10:48
An interesting historical note: Tru-Vue
– junkyardsparkle
Mar 23 at 12:34
1
1
Think we clicked to post at almost the same moment. A lot more detail in your answer, so it's getting my vote.
– ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
Mar 23 at 8:55
Think we clicked to post at almost the same moment. A lot more detail in your answer, so it's getting my vote.
– ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
Mar 23 at 8:55
it should have a large matte translucent element at the opposite end to diffuse the incoming light into an uniform glow. Basically, it serves as a loupe permanently coupled to a "passive" lighttable.
– Agent_L
Mar 23 at 10:17
it should have a large matte translucent element at the opposite end to diffuse the incoming light into an uniform glow. Basically, it serves as a loupe permanently coupled to a "passive" lighttable.
– Agent_L
Mar 23 at 10:17
1
1
I have a couple of issues with terminology in this answer. "Photographic negatives made from conventional film"... colour negative, reversal and traditional black & white film were all conventional films. Kodachrome for example was extremely popular and widely used for a time. I think a different term is needed here. "Slide film produced a positive image on the negative"... this made me laugh :) We can talk about a film strip perhaps. There can be negative images or positive images on the film strip. There is no "positive on the negative".
– osullic
Mar 23 at 10:47
I have a couple of issues with terminology in this answer. "Photographic negatives made from conventional film"... colour negative, reversal and traditional black & white film were all conventional films. Kodachrome for example was extremely popular and widely used for a time. I think a different term is needed here. "Slide film produced a positive image on the negative"... this made me laugh :) We can talk about a film strip perhaps. There can be negative images or positive images on the film strip. There is no "positive on the negative".
– osullic
Mar 23 at 10:47
Lastly, you don't mention at all one of the most common ways to view slides - with a loupe on a lightbox. Could be worth considering adding info about this.
– osullic
Mar 23 at 10:48
Lastly, you don't mention at all one of the most common ways to view slides - with a loupe on a lightbox. Could be worth considering adding info about this.
– osullic
Mar 23 at 10:48
An interesting historical note: Tru-Vue
– junkyardsparkle
Mar 23 at 12:34
An interesting historical note: Tru-Vue
– junkyardsparkle
Mar 23 at 12:34
|
show 1 more comment
That's a slide viewer - the "little white squares" are 35mm photographic slides.
I have one just like the one in the picture - it's a nice way of checking slides before putting them into a projector or scanner.
More expensive versions would look like a miniature TV and have battery power, but it's been a while since I've seen any of those.
answered Mar 23 at 8:53
ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHereItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
649129
add a comment |
That's a slide viewer - the "little white squares" are 35mm photographic slides.
I have one just like the one in the picture - it's a nice way of checking slides before putting them into a projector or scanner.
More expensive versions would look like a miniature TV and have battery power, but it's been a while since I've seen any of those.
answered Mar 23 at 8:53
ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHereItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
649129
add a comment |
That's a slide viewer - the "little white squares" are 35mm photographic slides.
I have one just like the one in the picture - it's a nice way of checking slides before putting them into a projector or scanner.
More expensive versions would look like a miniature TV and have battery power, but it's been a while since I've seen any of those.
answered Mar 23 at 8:53
ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHereItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
649129
That's a slide viewer - the "little white squares" are 35mm photographic slides.
I have one just like the one in the picture - it's a nice way of checking slides before putting them into a projector or scanner.
More expensive versions would look like a miniature TV and have battery power, but it's been a while since I've seen any of those.
answered Mar 23 at 8:53
ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHereItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
649129
answered Mar 23 at 8:53
ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHereItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
649129
answered Mar 23 at 8:53
ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHereItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
649129
answered Mar 23 at 8:53
ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHereItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
649129
649129
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You can still buy new slide viewers and reversal (aka slide aka transparency) film. Very easy to find/buy a good used 35mm film camera too. Have a go!
– osullic
Mar 23 at 11:00
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the little white squares that are in the back. Boy. I. Am. So. Old.– Tobia Tesan
Mar 23 at 18:22
"look more into it" ha , yes look more.
– Alaska man
Mar 24 at 22:07