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
