Hi Chris, I hesitate to reply to your plea for help on this subject as I do not wish to start a thread concerning copyright and infringement thereof. But, I do have a technique I have to use for obtaining my proof copies for my client's research projects as well as for my own. So, here it is, in it's briefest form possible. 1. Check copyright on the microfiche. Obtaining copies under the "personal use" clause of copyright law is one thing, but copying the entire contents of a microfiche/microfilm produced by any entity is something entirely different. Copyright will be operative. 2. Use a digital camera mounted on an adjustable-height tripod and take your images directly from the microfiche/film reader's display screen. 3. Be sure your photo memory card is large enough to hold many images otherwise you will be forever running back to your computer to download them. I use a Canon PowerShot A510 3.2 megapixel (small resolution compared to today's models but my digital images are really very crisp) with a memory card that can hold 8,000 images when set to small or superfine. The settings on my camera are: - Landscape image setting (so flash is disabled - you will not need it as sufficient light is generated by the reader screen usually); - sound off (very annoying listening to repeated camera shutter/saving sounds) - image size set to "small" or "superfine" (permits more shots per memory card with highest resolution) 4. Distance of camera from screen of reader should be about 15 inches (36 cm) - too close and the digital image will blur and too far distant and the image will be unreadable. This distance from the screen will usually permit the taking of a whole page of microfiche or microfilm if the reader size is set to it's smallest but sharpest setting (more applicable to film than fiche unless you are using a reader/copier with adjustable size lens). 5. Digital image program software - usually comes with your camera. Mine Canon default is ZoomBrowser, which downloads the images from my camera to my computer. I then transfer the images into my own file folder/directory setup in my research files. I have the default setting set to save files as .jpg . 6. The image can then be viewed using any variety of digital imaging software which will also permit image manipulation and correction for images that are too dark, too light, need colour correction, et cetera. But, for fast and easy scrolling that permits enlarging on-the-fly without distortion I use the built-in Microsoft Picture and Fax Viewer on my PC. I don't know if a Mac has a comparable feature. 7. Practice makes perfect. I made many trial runs experimenting with different camera settings, environment settings, reader settings, distance from film/fiche source, et cetera. So, expect some teething pains in getting all elements just right for your purposes. Good luck and I hope this helps answer your Xmas wish. Sincerely, Susan D. Young, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada Chief Executive, Ancestry Solutions www.ancestrysolutions.com County Administrator, Kent OPC www.kent-opc.org