Slide viewer
A slide viewer is a simple optical device for increased direct view of slides.
In the simple design with use of the ambient light of the slide viewer is colloquially called " Gucki ", but this was originally a product name of Agfa, which became synonymous with similar articles. As a rule, these are lightweight plastic housing with a front eyepiece lens and a large, white- frosted back panel ( diffuser ) are equipped for light. They are intended for high-speed optical quality control.
Something more elaborate designs consist of a more or less large rectangular magnifier glass, a focusing screen made of glass or plastic, falls through the diffuse artificial light integrated in the rear housing portion bulb on the slide- by slide slide slide. The slide viewer serves as a replacement if a presentation with the slide projector is not feasible or too costly.
Stereodiabetrachter
Special slide viewer with two lenses can be used for viewing stereo photographs. The most famous is the View-Master. The result is the View-Master from 1939 as an entertainment system for the home. At the time, it represented an improvement to the widely used stereoscopes in which to view the next image, a new photo card had to be inserted. The thematic focus of the images were destinations and scientific documentation. Available were also special stereo cameras and empty image slices, with which you could make your own photo shots for the View-Master. The image slices Initially sold individually were combined into series with usually three discs from the early 1950s.
This at the same time existing Tru -Vue system owned the rights to Walt Disney Productions. Through the acquisition of Tru -Vue View-Master 1951 by Walt Disney films could be marketed, the Tru -Vue system has been set.
In the GDR there was the system Stereomat.
1966 View-Master of General Aniline & Film Corporation was acquired (GAF ). After this period, the focus of the image series to adaptations of well-known feature films, cartoons and comics. 1981, the View-Master was bought and renamed again in the View-Master International Group, which was acquired by Ideal Toys in 1984 and is now called View-Master Ideal Group. In 1989, Tyco and this company merged in 1997 with Mattel, where the View-Master can be found in the toy range of the Fisher-Price brand today.
Gallery
Diavergrößerer with slides
Slide viewer for 6x6 slides
Diabetrachter Emperor diascop mini 2
" CROCUS DIA" slide viewer, PZO, Poland
Kaiser Slide Viewer
Diabetrachter Leningrad (1979 )
Dias, 1940 ( metal or cardboard) to 1985 (plastic)
Filmstrip
Some 20.Jhd. Stereodiabetrachter: View- Masters, Stereoclic Brugiere, Stereoscope Lestrade, Tru -Vue
A Maliscop, a 35 mm Stereodiabetrachter of Heirich Malinski, Leipzig.
Slide viewer for 3D portrait slides, Pentax Model
DDR Stereodiabetrachter Stereomat
Hama Stereodiabetrachter
View-Master Model G, introduced in 1962
View-Master disk of a Karl May Films
Own recordings for View-Master on a miniature film