How do you store lantern slides?
Lantern slides are best stored in four-flap wrappers (to prevent scratching the glass) and vertically in boxes such as these from our sponsor Hollinger Metal Edge.
Are magic lantern slides worth anything?
How do I find out if my magic lantern slides are rare or valuable? Remarkably, as most types of lanterns slides were produced in large quantities and sent all over the world, they are still quite common and most are relatively inexpensive.
How do you digitize a lantern slide?
Make sure the reflective cover in inside the scanner, and then select the slides with your scanning program and scan them in reflective mode. When this is complete, remove the reflective cover from the scanner, change your scan mode to transparency, and scan them again.
How does the magic lantern work?
The magic lantern used a concave mirror behind a light source to direct the light through a small rectangular sheet of glass—a “lantern slide” that bore the image—and onward into a lens at the front of the apparatus.
How were magic lantern slides made?
Lantern slide plates were commercially manufactured by sensitizing a sheet of glass with a silver gelatin emulsion. The plate was then exposed to a negative and processed, resulting in a positive transparent image with exceptional detail and a rich tonal range.
When were magic lantern slides invented?
The magic lantern was invented in the 1600’s, probably by Christiaan Huygens, a Dutch scientist. It was the earliest form of slide projector and has a long and fascinating history.
What is a magic lantern glass slide?
Lantern slides are positive transparent photographs made on glass and viewed with the aid of a “magic lantern,” the predecessor of the slide projector. Lantern slide plates were commercially manufactured by sensitizing a sheet of glass with a silver gelatin emulsion.
How do you clean old glass slides?
Try brushing off dust with a lens cleaning brush. Then a few minutes (probably less than five minutes) soak in clean water in a tray, after which you rinse under a gentle stream of running water. Try to let the dust and dirt just run off gently from the surface, don’t scrub the emulsion side.
Who invented lantern slides?
It was not until 1849, ten years after the invention of photography, that the more modern conception of the lantern slide was invented by the brothers William and Frederick Langenheim in Philadelphia.
How old are magic lantern slides?