I have been scanning 4x5 with a v700 for years now And I was happy with it. Since going up to 8x10 this year the jerry-rigging is annoying and I just don't feel like I'm getting the sharpness and detail I should. I have not found any 8x10 drum scanners that are in my price range. I know a really good 8x10 shooter than loves his Creo and im looking at an IQSmart2. I'm not worried about the older drivers and software. I edit on a windows machine and from the looks of it I could get it working with XP and firewire. However on paper other than the bed size they read like they are simialr in quaility. I feel like it should give a higher quaility scan but has anyone made this change and have any thoughts good or bad? Given the cost i'm not sure if the IQSmart2 is a step up over the v700 or if I need to go up to something like the 3 or just wait till I can get a drum scanner?