Dear Alex, Well I have minolta scan elite at the moment and its great. I will be upgrading as well. The scan multi pro is supposed to knock the socks off the nikon 8000 and is at least �1000 cheaper than the Nikon (given that you have to buy the Glass 120 neg holder to get flat scans on the Nikon as I understand and minolta comes with it). So there is no need to question the minolta products. One thing about minolta is they always seems to release late miss the market buzz, release too late so have poor sales but there are rarely any problems as they have extensively tested it. If minolta had done a dslr I would have stuck as there kit is so well designed for the user in mind, things are where they are supposed to be unlike some stuff on Nikon and Canon. I sure micheal is a testiment to the dimage 7hi and how well designed that is.
Have have seen the scanner as low as �525 already and that�s with postage included. So odd are that as soon as it comes out someone will have it for less than �500. The software is good but obviously expect to use vuescan for negs when ed has updated it. Hope that helps. Ian Reynolds Tel : (+44) 0121-624-3237 mob : (+44) 07941-323971 see my new web page at Web : http://www.i4images.com =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
