What size do photo slides come in?
By far the most common slide format, 35mm slides are generally encased in a paper of plastic holder. The transparency film size (section containing the picture) of 35mm x 24mm, with a viewable area of roughly 34mm x 23mm. There’s also a rare smaller mount in addition to the standard 2″ x 2″ mount.
What are the different sizes of slides?
Choose a predefined slide size

Name | Width | Height |
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On-screen Show (16:9) | 10 in / 25.4 cm | 5.625 in / 14.288 cm |
On-screen Show (16:10) | 10 in / 25.4 cm | 6.25 in / 15.875 cm |
Letter Paper (8.5×11 in) | 10 in / 25.4 cm | 7.5 in / 19.05 cm |
Ledger Paper (11×17 in) | 13.319 in / 33.831 cm | 9.99 in / 25.374 cm |
What are the types of photo slides?
Types of Slide Formats – A List of Film Formats for Slides
35mm Slide | Most common type of slide -35mm film format |
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110 Slide | -Developed by Kodak in 1972. -Smaller version of the 126 slide format, frame measures 13x17mm |
126 Slide | -Developed by Kodak in 1963. -frame typically measures 26.5×26.5mm. |
What is the size of old photo slides?
35mm slides
Invented by Kodak in 1935, 35mm slides became the most popular photographic format by the 1960s due to their compact size.
Are all photo slides the same size?
There are lots of different brands and sizes of each format that we transfer, and sometimes it can be difficult for our customers to determine which brand or size they have. When it comes to photo slides, there are many different sizes.

What size are 35mm slides?
35mm Slides are individual 35mm Negatives housed in a 2″x 2″ mount. The mounts are usually made of plastic or dense cardboard. The size of the frame that displays is usually 23mm x 34mm (tall x wide) depending on the manufacturer. 110 film was created for Kodak Instamatic cameras in 1972.
What is a 127 slide?
The 127 Slide is in a 2″ x 2″ slide holder but with an extra large film area. 127 Super slides are 35mm x 35mm or 4x4cm slides, and were originally taken on a 127 roll film format. 127 slides cannot be intermixed with the regular 35mm slides.
What does a 35mm slide look like?
35mm slide It is a 35mm square photographic positive image on a transparent base, stored in a cardboard sleeve. 35mm slides are meant to be projected for viewing purposes.
What size is a 35mm slide?
2” x 2”
A standard 35mm slide has a paperboard slide mount of 2” x 2” with a transparency film size of 24mm x 36mm. If you compare that to the half frame slide, you’ll notice that the slide mount is the same but the transparency film size has much smaller dimensions at 18mm x 24mm.
What does a 35 mm slide look like?
35mm slide It is a 35mm square photographic positive image on a transparent base, stored in a cardboard sleeve. 35mm slides are meant to be projected for viewing purposes. 35mm film can be used in a variety of cameras.
Why might you change the slide size to 4:3 rather than widescreen?
Every now and then, users say they prefer to create their presentations in 4:3 because they don’t know whether their projector can display the 16:9 format. Almost all modern projectors support widescreen format, and most models 10 years or older have a 16:9 setting.