I need to go through my old negatives to find a particular period. Is there a quick and easy way to do this by knocking up a viewer just to find the ones I am looking for. Viewing quality is not important. Cost is.

If you have a scanner you could probably scan a batch at a time and view them on the computer increasing magnification if necessary.

If Id have known sooner I had one that belonged to my Father, you could of had it, they arent expensive to buy new though if you need one...........as for a quick way.....Im not so sure , I had to trawl thru them all to copy to the computer

This was the model.............I think its been thrown out This photo attached is a scan of a slide for you to see the quality from this model, the original slide is about 40 years old

http://www.amazon.com/Veho-VFS-008-Smartfix-Negative-Scanner/dp/B00365E1NS/ref=zg_bs_5728049011_29

Probably better to ask in the Photography forum...

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This is what you need. I got this on in the US but you may be able to find one here. I have several thousand slides that I took over the years and I used this gadget to download to a data stick then all to my computer.

i just got one of those scanners brought over from the states, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00O46B7TY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

used to have a nikon Coolscan but it died and there very expensive,

still no mass viewing, but one at a time,

15,000 negatives and 3,000 slides i need go thru ARRGHHHHHHHHH

I thought the OP wanted just a cheap quick way to look at some negatives.

If he wants to spend money there are numerous options for a dedicated negative/slides scanner. I bought this one for converting my slides to digital.

http://www.invadeit.co.th/product/scanners/canon/canoscan-9000f-mark-ii-flatbed-film-and-negative-scanner-p018235/

Googling brings up a few make your own viewers but the I think the viewing the negative against a white sheet of paper with a magnifying glass might be the simplest option

Try 'slide and negative scanner' on Lazada. They have several to choose from.

Very interesting subject for me as I have hundreds of slides and 35 mm negatives. I view the slides through a cheapo slide viewer I have, one at a time, however it is not much use when I put a negative in it as it just shows exactly that, a negative. is there

anyway to change the negative view into a positive?

Very interesting subject for me as I have hundreds of slides and 35 mm negatives. I view the slides through a cheapo slide viewer I have, one at a time, however it is not much use when I put a negative in it as it just shows exactly that, a negative. is there

anyway to change the negative view into a positive?

Well you could take your negatives to a photo shop and get them printed

Another way that might work is to scan the negative into your computer and then use the "Invert color" option.

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001331.htm

This is actually to make a negative from a positive but I guess it should work in reverse.

Very interesting subject for me as I have hundreds of slides and 35 mm negatives. I view the slides through a cheapo slide viewer I have, one at a time, however it is not much use when I put a negative in it as it just shows exactly that, a negative. is there

anyway to change the negative view into a positive?

Well you could take your negatives to a photo shop and get them printed

Another way that might work is to scan the negative into your computer and then use the "Invert color" option.

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001331.htm

This is actually to make a negative from a positive but I guess it should work in reverse.

Thanks Daffy, Ill give that a shot.