>> Anything dark will be a problem because large amounts of the >> image will be close to the film base.
Eh? On the contrary, anything black should surely be no problem, since it will have massive contrast compared to the blank areas of the negative strip? Besides, the pictures I'm having the problem with aren't dark. Here's a sample one (I've shrunk it, but you can see the problem still): http://www.otway.com/crop.jpg Mark