The tiny images require special care, cleaning, lighting and resolution. Scanning slides is best left to a professional. Time has a funny way of changing things – some old images will no longer hold value for you (in which case, they can be trashed or given away) and some images will be more important today than when they were taken – these are the images worth having scanned and converted to digital files. Make an appointment with yourself (or invite a loved one) one afternoon, or one afternoon every week, until you’ve gotten through your pile. Whether you use a projector or a viewer, you’re ready to separate the wheat from the chaff. If cost is a consideration, look on eBay or Craig’s List, shop garage sales or mention to your friends you’re looking for a used one these viewers are collecting dust on a lot of closet shelves.
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The images on slides are just too tiny to see well. If you don’t have a slide projector, invest in a slide viewer. Then you can print out the images for a scrapbook or pocket-page album, or create a photo book with the images. If you have the slides but no way to project them, it’s time to consider converting them to digital as a back-up. Slides, unfortunately, require the proper equipment for viewing: A projector and a screen.
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Albums are easy to pull off the shelf and enjoy. Optimally, images should be in a form where they can be enjoyed, which is why an album of some sort – scrapbook, photo book, pocket-page album - is a recommended destination.