| If you have boxes and boxes of 35mm slides | | | | project can become very tedious. It’s a good |
| tucked away in a closet, you’ll be glad to | | | | idea to purchase extra slide trays so you can set |
| know that you can covert these slides to digital | | | | up several sets of slides at once to keep your |
| format with a slide converter. Those old slides | | | | project moving. |
| probably hold years of memories, and you | | | | When you are searching for a slide converter, be |
| don’t want to just let them sit on a shelf. | | | | sure to find out the number of megapixels the |
| Most slide projectors weren’t used regularly | | | | converter supports. A pixel is the smallest unit of |
| even forty years ago, when slides were a popular | | | | a digital unit. An image with a greater number of |
| way to present pictures of family events and | | | | pixels per inch (PPI) will have a better resolution |
| vacations. Setting up the projector took time, and | | | | than images with a lower number of PPI. The |
| the slides had to be placed one at a time into the | | | | more megapixels the convertor’s sensors |
| projector carousel. The same holds true today, | | | | support, the sharper your digital images will be. |
| and that is assuming that the slide projector is still | | | | This is especially important if you plan to make |
| in working condition. Using a slide converter to | | | | enlarged prints from your digital images. |
| transfer your slides to a digital format on | | | | Some consumers find that the slide converters |
| CD’s or DVD’s is a great way to make | | | | they purchase do not meet their expectations. |
| your pictures from years past accessible and | | | | Common complaints include software that is |
| easy to view. | | | | difficult to manage, low quality images with poor |
| There are several types of slide converters | | | | resolution, and flimsy slide trays that fail to work |
| available, and many of these are under $100. One | | | | properly. Extensive slide conversion projects may |
| of the differences between slide converters and | | | | also be very time-consuming. |
| slide scanners is the number of slides that can be | | | | If you want your slides to be converted into |
| digitized at one time. Slide converters usually scan | | | | digital images, using the services of a professional |
| one slide at a time, but this is usually done within | | | | photography business may be your best bet. A |
| seconds. Slide scanners can typically digitize about | | | | service that offers slide conversion will save you |
| forty slides at one time. If you are purchasing a | | | | time and money. Your slides will be converted to |
| slide converter, check to see how many slide | | | | a digital format using state-of-the art equipment, |
| trays come with the converter. Some slide | | | | resulting in digital images that are sharp and clear. |
| converters have only one slide tray, and your | | | | |