Kodak Carousel Slide Orientation

This applies to Kodak or Kodak compatible carousels only.
For all other Carousels or slide trays, you must remove the slides and put them in stacks that can be held in one hand. (See instructions.)

Click here to determine if your carousel is Kodak compatible.
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backs of slides face this way in the carousels Look at the tops of your slides. The fronts should be facing "counter clockwise" when viewed from the top of the carousel. You can tell the front of the slide because it usually has the company

The slides go in upside down and the backs of the slides should be facing you when placed in the carousel and you are starting from the #1 slide slot and going clockwise around the carousel. In other words, the slide in the #1 slot should have its face towards the back of the #80 or #140 slide. The face of the slide will normally have the LOGO on it.

The backs of the slides look like this when viewed from the top. The backs will be identified as different from the fronts because they will be fairly blank and having maybe some faint numbers on them and possibly dates actually stamped into the slide holder. Some slides will even have "View From This Side"

view slide from this side

back side view carousel

Here is another view of the back sides of properly oriented slides. You can see the "Made in USA" text at the top of the slide. If all your slides were the same, like these, you can check the orientation just by looking at the tops. You will most likely NOT be this lucky.

slide orientation back side

All slides should be placed in the carousel with the rectangular film part of the slide oriented with the film going widthwise.

Don't worry. We will turn the final image so that it views correctly on your computer or TV screen.

slide orientation turned

Do NOT have the slides turned with the film oriented "Up" as the slide to the right.

Don't worry. We will turn the final image so that it views correctly on your computer or TV screen.

Lots of people choose to just send the carousels because it saves a lot of trouble.
You can even tell the "portrait" slides that need to be rotated to "landscape" by holding the carousel at an angle. No need to take every slide out.

scanner scanniing area

Look at the white box that shows the scanning area over the slide below.
This is the kind of scan you are going to get if you do NOT
rotate the portrait slide so that it is oriented the same as the landscape slide.
cropped slide scan

This applies to Kodak or Kodak compatible carousels only.
For all other Carousels or slide trays, you must remove the slides and put them in stacks that can be held in one hand. (See instructions.)

Click here to determine if your carousel is Kodak compatible.
Click here for the Carousel Shipping Page

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