Curt Austin said: >But you absolutely MUST experience the software before you buy. >"eMediaWeekly" gave the scanner a poor rating overall due to the software, >but I bought it anyway, thinking "How bad could it be? It's just a >scanner." Well, it turned out to be the worst software I have ever used. By >far. It is astonishingly, breathtakenly bad in all areas of form, fit and >function. > >I can't elaborate without getting emotional, so don't ask, please. Software >should have Beauty, like our photos and our F5's; the CoolScan III software >should be purged from human record. I couldn't disagree more. The scanner interface (Nikon Scan 2.1) software is better than I expected, and more than adequate for the job. IMHO, of course ;-) I use Photoshop 5 for editing and printing so I didn't use any of the bundled non-Nikon software, but mine included a licensed version of Photoshop 4.0 LE, which is a pretty good program in its own right. In summary - I like it :-) Regards John Bean