Just a few comments about this Nikon film scanner based upon my experiences since its recent purchase. 20 seconds to scan a negative? Well, I must be doing something wrong, as a preview "scan" which it seems to do on its own is about a minute in length. Upon selecting which negative I want scanned from the strip, it is another minute and fifteen seconds before I then can save the final scanned image and work on it with Adobe PhotoShop 4 [soon to be 5]. The quality of the scan seems superb. I have not bothered with the "auto fix" for scratches and fingerprints. The dealer I ordered it from failed to include the SCSI cable when it was first shipped. I called and they did finally send the "wrong" cable [about two weeks later!]. Depending on your computer, you may need a different cable than the one supplied. This can cost another $35, or so, U.S. dollars. Some words of advice. Make certain your scanner cable is NOT longer than three feet in length, or you may have problems. I could explain why, but who would profit. Hint - capacitive reactance? The LS-2000 scanner works beautifully [albeit it at a snail's pace]. I might add as an aside that many negatives that produced ghastly prints when run through an ordinary "standard" commercial photo processor may turn out to be superb. Unless you made ghastly exposure errors, that great picture you saw in the camera's view finder is really there, IF, you adjust the color balance and "curves" [brightness and contrast] using good image manipulation software such as Adobe PhotoShop. The remarks above are aimed at "amateurs". I have found in the past that the "stupid" problems I have with a product often reflect that of other "idiots" who are confused, misread the instructions, or what have you, just like me. I welcome any suggestions from other users who may have discovered ways to deal with the problems [especially the slow scanning speed] I mentioned above. I've been too busy enjoying the LS-2000, slow as it is, to have made any more than a cursory attempt to cure these difficulties. I previously owned a Microtek scanner. Ghastly piece of junk with rotten technical support. It took three years to get the proper software drivers, and then the unit crapped out after about a month's use. It was even slower than the 2000! Thomas B. Roach Grass Valley, CA
