I'm having the same difficulties with my Scan Elite 5400 (this isn't the newer version II). Dark areas in the slide just block out.
> > Would anyone care to share their opinions about film scanners? My > Canon 8400F just won't cut it for color slides. It's not capable of > resolving shadow detail, and high contrast images are a headache. To > be realistic, I'm not looking for drum scan quality. I am looking to > obtain a decent scan, with at least some shadow detail, that will > provide an image I can either downsize for the web, or print. Prints > from the scans will never be larger than 8x10, and often will be 4x6 > or 5x7. I'm not necessarily looking for top of the line, or even new; > simply something that's better than my current scanner. Any > recommendations? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

