The baisc 35-mm camera equipped with a 90-, 100-, or 105-mm macro lens, which is already used in many dental offices, has the potential to create good title slide transparencies for use in study club presentations, table clinics, and academic lectures. Several photographic film products are now available that place this well regarded medium of dental education within the capability of the average motivated practitioner. In this overview, Kodalith, Vericolor SO-279, PolaBlue, Polachrome HCP, and Polagraph systems are analyzed and compared for time efficiency, cost effectiveness, and quality of slides produced.