Roger,
> SilverFast is very hard >> to learn (there's no adequate instruction manual for it, but one has been >> promised), is expensive to maintain as you have to pay for upgrades, and has >> other disadvantages. The new manual was posted to their PDF pages about 6 weeks back. It is 270 pages and includes Negafix, HDR, PhotoCd Job Manager and some other info not previously available. As for upgrades being charged for, yes 5.5 was a charge on existing V5 users but that is VERY rare. The dot releases are usually free. Version upgrades are charged for as most other software companies charge - new user and upgrade are charged at different rates. Ian Lyons http://www.computer-darkroom.com
