I have a question about photo slide positives and negatives. When film prints to a paper, or print, is that the positive?. Then the sleeve of film is referred to as the Negatives? The negatives have me putting on my reading glasses just to see which picture they are so I think scanning them would be a bit tricky for me.  So,  I want to transfer all my 35mm Photo Prints to computer images files. What Scanner should I consider using? Are these scanners expensive? Any help is very appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I took my first trip to Europe back  in 1979, and all my pictures are 35mm slides, just sitting in a carousel collecting dust. I really want to see them again! This is not only about my pics, my Aunt went to Norway in the 50’s (certainly her slides are black and white), and now that I’m into genealogy I want to see pictures she took . They were mostly of our relatives over there. It would be so fun to put all these pictures into my family tree software! Is this possible, and if so, how can I do it?

Answer: This is not only possible, but it is a a fun project and incredibly easy. Check out this 35mm slide scanner it should be all you need. Good luck and get ready for some fun!