On Tue, 24 May 2005 19:13:25 +0100, Geoff Beach wrote: >Why not a scanner for 35mm slides only, I've been using a Nikon Coolscan lll >for some years now. Modern flat bed photo scanners such as the Epson series are both more versatile and cheaper than good quality dedicated film scanners. The Epson 4870 has film holders for: - 4 strips of 6 x 35mm film - 8 35mm mounted slides - 3 strips of 120/220 (6x12 max) film - 2 sheets of 5 x 4 inches film I have examples of all these sizes (and others) that need scanning. But it also does reflective scans of paper based images up to A4 size. The top of the range Epson 4990 scanner (4800 x 9600 dpi) that has replaced the 4870 costs around UKP 300 plus VAT. The similar resolution but lower priced Epson 4180 scanner costs around UKP 140 plus VAT. Dedicated film scanner prices have come down in recent years, but a Nikon 4000dpi Super Coolscan LS 5000 ED dedicated film scanner (suitable for only 35 mm and APS film) costs around UKP 900 plus VAT. The iPhoto website http://www.photo-i.co.uk/ spent some time comparing 35 mm film scans on high quality dedicated film scanners with those done on the Epson flatbeds and concluded that the dedicated scanner results were better but not significantly so for most purposes. Cheers, John John Addis-Smith Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England