Unfortunately, neither is the problem. Images is included in the search and there are no drives listed in the privacy list.
I did read once that I had to redo the index by adding all my drives to the privacy list then take them off again. I did this and it did not fix the problem.
Spotlight finds all my processed images, whether jpeg, tiff or psd. It even shows all the .cr2 files but as soon as you put even a single digit in front of .cr2 or .crw, it finds absolutely nothing.
I am in the process of switching to Lightroom from Bridge and using keywords with all my images, but it will be some time before that process is finished and previously I had found spotlight all that I needed to find images quickly and painlessly.
Any further suggestions will be most welcome and guys, thanks for trying to help.
George