Which Negative viewer for $50

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I've got my FS4000, my Vuescan and a stack of negatives strips that is
12 inches deep waiting to be scanned. Since mom and dad did not do a
very good job at archiving these for the past 40 years, they are
unsorted and not matched to the corresponding photo prints, off course
(cigar box storage method used).

I will need to decide what to scan from each film strip otherwise the
scanning job will take another 40 years.

Thus I want a to buy a convenient negative film strip viewer with the
following characteristics in order of importance:
1. ease (speed) of loading and onloading film strips
2. 2X, or better yet 3X, magnification
3. Not the eyepiece kind, I'd prefer the mini-TV type of possible
3. back-lighted
4. +/- $50

I'm very much interested in what you guys use/reccommend.

Thanks
 
GeorgeEE said:
I've got my FS4000, my Vuescan and a stack of negatives strips that is
12 inches deep waiting to be scanned. Since mom and dad did not do a
very good job at archiving these for the past 40 years, they are
unsorted and not matched to the corresponding photo prints, off course
(cigar box storage method used).

I will need to decide what to scan from each film strip otherwise the
scanning job will take another 40 years.

Thus I want a to buy a convenient negative film strip viewer with the
following characteristics in order of importance:
1. ease (speed) of loading and onloading film strips
2. 2X, or better yet 3X, magnification
3. Not the eyepiece kind, I'd prefer the mini-TV type of possible
3. back-lighted
4. +/- $50

I'm very much interested in what you guys use/reccommend.

Thanks
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I use a light table and a 8X loupe. A magnifying glass will work also.
Lay the film strip or slides on the light table and look, If I want a closer
view, use the loupe.

My light table is home built with two 18 inch fluorescent under cabinet
lights (about $6 each) and a 1 X 4 wood frame with plywood bottom and
translucent plastic top. The plastic is white and I got it from a sign
manufacturer.
My cost was about $20-30.
 
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