Xtend-a-Slide™ Brings Easy, Affordable Slide Copying to the Masses Camera accessory creates sharp digital photos from 35mm slides.

Photosolve, a leading manufacturer and online retailer of accessories for digital camera owners, today announced the expansion of its popular Xtend-a-Slide™ line. The device attaches to most popular cameras, and allows even amateur photographers to make sharp, professional-quality digital copies of negatives and slides, which can then be printed as high-quality photos, or shared with others via emails, blogs and web sites.

Imagine the millions of shoeboxes and bulky slide carrousels packed with old photo negatives and slides, gathering dust in closets worldwide, made obsolete by the quality and convenience of digital images taken by today’s inexpensive but powerful cameras. It’s always been possible to have old negatives and slides digitized, but until now the process was slow and expensive, requiring a trip to the local photo-finisher.

Now with Photosolve’s Xtend-a-Slide, creating a sharp digital copy of an old negative or slide is as easy as snapping a digital photo. Xtend-a-Slide is a barrel-shaped device that attaches easily to almost all cameras on the market, from the least expensive to pricey pro-quality models.

Attached to the end of the barrel is a magnetically-attached slide carrier that holds the negative or slide in place. The user simply presses the camera’s shutter release, and a sharp digital copy of the slide or negative is created.


Top-quality Construction
The Xtend-a-Slide is a precision optical device constructed of durable anodized aluminum and steel, to provide years of useful service. The retail price of Xtend-a-Slide™ is US$65.00, and is available for fast online ordering and shipping at the company’s web site, http://www.photosolve.com/xas.html. Some cameras may require additional adapters; potential customers can determine exactly what they need by consulting the expanded Compatibility Chart on the web site.

About Photosolve
Photosolve is a leading online retailer of accessories that allow owners of digital cameras to take professional-quality photos, without the expense of high-end professional cameras. The company’s product line includes Xtend-a-View™, an attachment that mounts on the LCD viewfinder of digital cameras, making the viewfinder brighter and the camera more stable; Xtend-a-Lens™, an adapter that lets the photographer use a wide variety of lenses on low-end digital cameras; and Xtend-a-Sight™ which allows photographers to take professional-quality photographs of fast-moving objects like aircraft, birds and sports figures. The company's main web site is http://www.photosolve.com.

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