We scan many types of slides including negatives, 3d Stereo and medium format slides.

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35mm 3D Viewer or Stereo Slide Scanning Service

Yes! We offer affordable scanning for 3D Stereo slides for $1.

Because we cannot automate the 35mm 3D Stereo Slide scanning process, the charge is $1 per slide and no quantity discount. We think this is a fair price considering the time that is involved. We also enhance each scanned image at no extra charge. One side of the 3D Stereo slide is scanned and digitized. We are mainly interested in the transfer of the slide to digital. We are not converting the stereo slide to digital stereo or 3D. You are going to end up with an image that is approximately 1,800 X 2045 ppi / 300ppi. Or, another way of looking at it would be, you will have an image that is 6" X 6.8" and 300 pixels per inch. It all depends on the area of your 3D stereo slide.

We do service customers outside of the USA. Special arrangements must be made for payment and shipping. Our 800 number does not service other countries but you can call our non-800 phone number, 608-834-9883, if you have any questions that can't be answered by email.

If someone has had a stereo or "3D" camera, you may have a collection of some older "3D" or stereo mounted slides. The mounts may be plastic, cardboard, or aluminum. The pictures of your wedding or other special events may be on this unique product. We do not remove the film or damage the 3D stereo film holder. These are specialty scans and the scanning process cannot be automated and have to be hand fed and necessarily are subject to a higher scanning charge.

This type of 35mm slide is intended to be looked at through a stereopticon or stereo type viewer or projected through a special 3D stereo slide projector and viewed with special, polarized 3D glasses. If you look at a stereo 3D slide through a special 3D viewer, Stereopticon or Stereo slide projector and you see a flat image, then somebody made the 3D slide incorrectly. A good 3D stereo slide will be able to view near, middle and distant objects in the viewer or projected when wearing special 3D glasses. Stereoscopy and 3D are different animals. Don't confuse perspective with 3D. Stereoscopy gives depth perception. The depth is only simulated. Real 3D requires at least two pictures which simulate the right and left eye.

The 3D or stereo slide can be converted to view as life-size, if you have a Large Screen TV. Digital images of these loved ones, relatives and friends can be viewed as if they were standing before you.

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3D slide preparation

3d slide plastic sleeve If you have your 3D or "stereo" slides in plastic sleeves such as the one to the right, you will have to take them out and put them in stacks.

3d glass slides If you have your 3D or "stereo" slides in glass that is held together with tape that is deteriorating, you will have to remove the glass and put the slides into stacks before sending them to us.

3D or Stereo Slide Equipment (No we do NOT sell this equipment.) When two slightly different images are seen through a stereo viewer or stereo projector, the two images are combined in the brain to give a perception of depth and 3D quality. Various devices have been created to view 3D or Stereo slides over the years. Below, we show some of those devices. The stereo slide is inserted into the stereo 3D viewer and then, either the viewer has its own, self-contained light or you have to look through the viewer into a light. In the case of a 3D stereo projector, the slide is inserted into the projector and the dual images are projected onto a screen. The person must use special, either polarized lenses or special red and green lens or red and blue lens glasses. One color for each eye.
Stereopticon Dictionary definition: A magic lantern, especially one with two projectors arranged so as to produce dissolving views.
This Compco-Trad machine is a 35mm Stereo Slide Projector.	You need the special Stereo Slide glasses to view the 3D Stereo projection properly. These glasses are Polarized. These 3D glasses are red/blue.
This machine is a Stereo Vivid Deluxe 3-D Slide Projector. Side view.	Front view of the Stereo Vivid Deluxe 3-D Slide Projector
Colorelief 3D stereo slide viewer	Arrow View 3D stereo slide viewer
Airequipt 3D stereo slide viewer top view	Airequipt 3D stereo slide viewer front view
Compco Triad 3D stereo slide projector	Empty 3D Stereo slide carrier

Radex 3D stereo viewer	Colorelief 3D stereo slide viewer
Kodaslide 3D stereo slide viewer	Kodaslide 3D stereo slide viewer