1. A mark reader comprising: an image acquisition system, the image acquisition system configured to acquire a plurality of images; an analysis process that analyzes at least one acquired image to determine feature attributes of the at least one acquired image; a rating process that uses the feature attributes of the at least one acquired image to provide a priority for the at least one acquired image based on the likelihood that the at least one acquired image will result in a successful decode; and a decode process that attempts to decode one or more of the plurality of images based on the priority of at least one of the acquired images.