Pana Vue Auto Slide Viewer for 35mm Transparencies
SKU: VRPVA
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JOHN H : the unit is jamme and I can't get to the battery and bulb. What can I do?LUCY J : Frankly, I gave up on the auto slide viewer. It really only worked with one slide at a time, and even then I had to keep tweezers or needle-nosed pliers handy to get out the frequently stuck slides. Also, it did not light up or magnify the slides enough for me to tell which ones I wanted to keep, digitize, or discard. I finally just gave up. I tried to sell the viewer but no takers. I think I finally gave it to charity. Very disappointing, as it was not cheap, but it did not meet my needs and was cumbersome to use. Good luck!
Shopper : can you view a on line operating manual this viewer ?LEILA C : No
KAREN S : I don't need an automatice slide viewer. Do you have any manual viewers?FRANKLIN D. P : The Slide Viewer for 35mm Transparencies worked very well. I would give it a 4 out of 5 rating.LUCY J : This viewer is manual. However, it does not magnify the slides very much, not nearly enough to help make a decision on which slides to keep or pay the cost of digitizing. I want to sell mine. I can get just as good an idea about a slide by holding it up to a bright sunlit sky as I can get using the viewer. Try to find a place to actually try it out to see if it meets your needs before spending money on it.
Also, slides do occasionally get stuck and are difficult to remove without damage (need tweezers or needle-nosed pliers).WILLIAM L : I have one.G THOMAS H : If you search for 'Slide Viewer' in the Adorama search box you'll find a number of manual viewers, one being the 'Pana-Vue #2 Slide Viewer for 35mm Transparencies', SKU VRPV2, which uses two AA batteries to power an incandescent bulb but others, including Adorama's 'Adorama Key Chain Slide Viewer' for less than a dollar, use window light or a lamp for it's light source.ROGER M : It may say automatic, but it really is a manual operation. To operate pullout the slide receiver tray to left of screen, stack slides in the compartment to the right of the screen and them manually pull out the slide changer bar on right to load the first slide. Every time you push in the slide changer bar it loads a slide into the viewer and pushes our the previous slide into the receiving tray on left.PAUL M : This viewer is nice to look at one slide at a time. it is not automatic! you load and unload each slide.
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2016-04-04T12:18:33
Rated 1 out of 5
Poorly designed
This product is very poorly designed and constructed. I found it impossible to install the batteries as directed. I have returned the viewer. I cannot recommend this product,
Edwin P.
2015-03-25T21:00:00
Rated 4 out of 5
View slides quickly
This is great to get a good view of slides to pick ones for further editing. I had a similar one forty years ago so I was pretty sure it would work well. You can stack 20 or moreatba time and other viewers just one at a time.
JAMES
2012-05-06T21:00:00
Rated 2 out of 5
It barely does the job
This really does not work well. I don't think any of them do. I made some modifications to mine and it does the job.
MIKE G.
2011-12-04T19:00:00
Rated 1 out of 5
Did Not Work
I tried to use this product but when the light was supposed to come on by moving the slide to the right, the light did not light.
Bud
2011-09-03T21:00:00
Rated 5 out of 5
Easy
Easy, and conveinent to use, previewing and/or sorting slides. Takes up little room
da M.
2011-01-11T19:00:00
Rated 3 out of 5
Pana-jView Auto Slide Viewer
I am using this product to edit and transfer slides to DVD. The enlarged display helps in the editing process, but the set-up for the batteries was time consuming and the changing of the batteries difficult as the unit jammed. The batteries did not set properly and caused the jam. Reinserted the batteries and realigned the retaining spring and now the unit works, I hope.
RICHARD A.
2010-08-11T21:00:00
Rated 4 out of 5
need bulb for this viewe-245- screw-on
Use to review slides but need bulb 245- screw-on type as can't use without replacement. How do I purchase one? Thank you!
Marcy
2010-01-14T19:00:00
Rated 3 out of 5
works ok, but design problems
I used batteries. Light would not consistently stay on out of box. I had to take it apart about 4 times and finally jam a penny into one of the battery contacts. Then it worked. The slide feed jammed repeatedly forcing me to reach in and manually extract slides. It's OK for the agile and mechanically inclined but not recomended for the old or arthritic.
aptman
2010-01-11T19:00:00
Rated 5 out of 5
I would buy this product again
Our old slide projector was not working and we needed to look through some old slides to transfer to a DVD. The Pana-Vue Auto Slide Viewer was the solution - it not only solved my problem but did a great job! I also liked that it could hold 36 slides which made the project go faster. I would definitely recommend it to anyone trying to make fast work of a project like mine.
Jo-Anne
2010-01-09T19:00:00
Rated 4 out of 5
it does the job well
i use it to review the many slides we have taken over the years. its focus is great the only real difficulty i had was opening it to load the batteries, but once in it does the job well
KAREN C.
2009-11-03T19:00:00
Rated 4 out of 5
A good Value
I have 1200 slides from the 50's and 60's to look at. You can stack 36 slides and look through them easily and quickly. Shows a clear picture. Put my digital camera on close-up and able to get a clear picture for future printing.[...]
Pete
2009-11-02T19:00:00
Rated 5 out of 5
great
Slids were great to see after all these yeaars.
Tricia
2007-12-03T19:00:00
Rated 3 out of 5
Works well, but has design problems
I haven't tried using the AC adapter, using D batteries instead. I couldn't get the light to come on at first. I took it apart and used a voltmeter to find the problem. I found that the battery contacts are poorly designed. I was able to fix it with needle-nosed pliers. Also, one must be careful putting the slides through it or it may jam. After fixing it and learning how to operate it, it has given me no problems and works as advertised.
William A.
2007-05-07T21:00:00
Rated 5 out of 5
A good product for its intended use.
I have thousands of old 35 mmn transparencies, dating back to before WW2. In trying to orgaize, and eliminating the poor ones and assembling them for printing (a very few). It is the ideal instrument.
bill
2007-02-04T19:00:00
Rated 4 out of 5
Performs excellent for its value.
Excellent viewing quality. The screw base flash-light bulb #45 could not be found in any chain store except Ace Hardware. Their 2"D" battery bulb was slightly dimmer due to lower amperage. However the bulb never gave a problem after 4 hours of use I saw no distinguishable decrease of brightness. I ordered the 120V transformer with its specialized plug manufactured as its companion accessory as I did not want to worry about batteries. My intent was to economically convert old 35mm slides to digital and was very pleased with results. I set my digital camera to closeup, rested it lightly against the top surface of the top viewer lens. Any dust specks on the interior plastic difuser I blew off with a statigically placed straw.
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I would buy this product again
By Jo-Anne
Our old slide projector was not working and we needed to look through some old slides to transfer to a DVD. The Pana-Vue Auto Slide Viewer was the solution - it not only solved my problem but did a great job! I also liked that it could hold 36 slides which made the project go faster. I would definitely recommend it to anyone trying to make fast work of a project like mine.
great
By Tricia
Slids were great to see after all these yeaars.
Stack and view up to 36 slides. Easy push-pull operation. 2-5/8" square viewing screen. Brilliant 4x magnification. Lights each slide automatically via 2 D batteries (not included) or household current with optional transformer sku VRPVT.