I ran into the same problem. The 3200 works with USB on Panther, but not with Firewire. It's not especially slow using USB or anything but this bugs me because I've got an open firewire port and have to unplug my printer to use it with USB. What gives? Anyone found a fix, patch, workaround?

This scanner is an awesome deal for the money. A friend convinced me to buy it when he compared results form his Nikon Coolscan 8000 with the Epson 3200 Photo using the same chrome, and wow, there's hardly a difference at all. Add a little unsharp mask to the 3200 image and there's no visual difference between the two files. Excellent image quality. .