Thanks Kim You are right "Be Prepared". AND what also helps is having the gear to just go , pick what seems to be the 'right' lens/scope and know where the target will be. I had one of the IfA astronomers along that got some up to the minute info as to where and when to look from contacts at the AEOS scope, otherwise we would have know that it would be 'over there' >>>>>>>. I think of this as just plain luck, I didn't think it was possible that the shot was 300 mi. away and there's no way we can see it. Three of us saw it so I know it wasn't a mass hallucination. Again just lucky (and being 10,000 ft up helped too!!) As for scanning slides, scan high and reduce the size after the scan. Remember the info is locked in the physical base and what you have is what you got. There is a slight amount of contrast, color correction and sharpness that can be applied but it shows when pushed too far. The only film I shoot on a regular basis is 4X5 and 8X10 Fujichrome, I might shoot a roll of slides every other month, a few years ago I'd shoot a minimum 20 rolls a week. Bottom line is "HAVE FUN". aloha Rob