benjaman

As I see it, your just sour about getting ripped off(as I would be aswell). If Panasonic had

known problems with any of there cameras, we'd hear about it! I for one would never buy a

product with such a short return policy. If you want to buy a camera from a company with

really lose return policies, go with Pentax! They've fixed cameras for me (free) that were years

out of warranty. By the way, Panasonic make some of the best products out! I love my

Panasonic MicroWave, DVD player, rice cooker, and FZ3. I find there brand to be by far the

most reliable.

I'm real happy with my Minolta Dual 4. I must be the only one that cant stand the VueScan

software. The DualScan stuff works better for me.

Here's a dirty old neg from the mid 80's.

I'm very happy with my Dual4. If my KC have good exposure, they scan fine.

The bottom line is this, $259. delivered for this type of quality scanner is rare.

I also tryed a PrimeFilm 3650u, What a POS that thing was! Got it at Costco for $200. on

special. Total was of my time!

I had my sights set on a Nikon 5 but thought I try this Minolta first. Glad I did. Cost me

half of the Nikon(and I did not need ICE). Here's a pic of a KC from about 12 years back.

I've been using a Minolta Dual 4 for about one week and it scans really well.

It comes with a good scanning program(better than VueScan) and is fast.

Does b&w extreamly well!

I'm one of those really hard to please types(I return about 3/5 of what I buy) but this

scanner has good jaw dropping performance.Its a keeper!

The R-E is a stipped down R6.2 not a 4,5 or 6.I should know,I just sold mine.

There's nothing cheap about the re.I felt it more to be a pro slr than a low cost.

Spot meter,Aperture priority and Exposure lock.I may be old school but I feel

this is all you need to get great photo's.The R7 on are the only R's to better the R-E.