Thank you Nancy Thats very useful and just what I was looking for Not everything thats in the products blurb actually works I have found Much appreciated Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hi Nivard, A few years ago I bought an Epson Stylus 7800 which said it > could do negatives and slides. and film I believe. Well I was very disappointed > in the quality of the scans when I printed them out. The negative I used > was a brand new one and it turned out a bit fuzzy as was the slide, just not > clear like it should have been. I had ordered the pictures and the > negatives and they turned out fine so I did have something to compare it with. I'm > sure that machine is obsolete now but with whatever you buy, try it out > immediately and if not satisfied take it back. Unfortunately I didn't try it > till much later. Did not think there would be any problems as my regular > scans or pictures from emails came out beautiful and they still do. > Nancy