Thanks Laurence, I am open to all suggestions. Having a Minolta Scan Multi MF film scanner, I get the all the quality for an individual image I need but I just want to be able to 'contact' sheets of negs quickly and cheaply for reference, so I can select the images I want without having to squint through a magnifier over a light box and try to mentally invert the negative. It's something I've been thinking about for ages but only periodically get the time to experiment. Technology changes so rapidly that I am surprised nothing has been developed with this idea in mind. I haven't given up on the flatbed idea yet, I need to try other combinations. I might try a digital photograph of a sheet of negatives on a lightbox. Apparently this works for single 35mm transparencies. I can get quite resourceful if I think there is an easy (and cheap) way to do something with equipment to hand. However, I usually spend more time and money trying to find a way rather than getting the proper piece of equipment in the first place. You may very well be able to say 'I told you so' when I buy a V500 scanner in 6 months time........ ;-) Regards John -----Original Message----- From: rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Laurence Cuffe Sent: 17 June 2008 17:30 To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Scanning sheets of colour negatives Dear John I wonder are you on the trail of a false economy here. I note that epson have the v500 scanner available refurbished for $149 on their web site. This one does medium format transparencies as well. however if you are UK based this may not be a good option. All the best Laurence Cuffe --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list