> I think you'll be better off with a camera. In fact the only drawback > I can think of is speed. The camera will give you only tens of images > per second. Not particularly worried about speed, mostly because the processing and eventual use of the image is comparitively very slow. Liken it to downloading a two hour film in minutes. Whilst you're processing (or watching) the first image, that time can be used to scan many more Joe --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .