John, " Ideally I would like it to have the facility to scan negatives and slides as well but that is a secondary consideration." Why not a scanner for 35mm slides only, I've been using a Nikon Coolscan lll for some years now. Geoff South Wales -----Original Message----- From: John Addis-Smith [mailto:genl@addisgen.com] Sent: 24 May 2005 19:04 To: SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SoG] A3 scanners (repost) On Fri, 13 May 2005 09:44:28 +0100, "Chris Watts" <ml@ctwatts.plus.com> wrote: >Can anybody recommend a flatbed A3 scanner that does not cost an arm and >three legs? >Ideally I would like it to have the facility to scan negatives and slides as >well but that is a secondary consideration.