I had exactly the same experience. I found that using the target transparency that came with my copy of 5.5 (included with my SS4000) to generate an ICC profile gave 8-bit scans that were very close to the original. When I tried high-bit scans I was entirely unable to wrench them to quality as good as the profiled 8-bit scans.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bard Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 11:44 AM Subject: [filmscanners] Silverfast challenge To this point I've been using Silverfast v. 5.5 with my Polaroid 120 scanner to make 8 bit scans and am generally satisfied. I want to do 16 bit scans, however, and find the product's PDF "manual" to be totally inadequate when it comes to providing useful information. Apparently, to scan in other than 8 bits one has to use the program's "HDR" setting. The problem with this is that the resultant scans are horribly off as to hue and value. One cannot correct them, or so it seems, prior to scanning, because all the controls available to make corrections prior to scanning in 8 bit are unavailable (grayed out) in the HDR mode. Wrestling the post-scan images into acceptability in PhotoShop requires heavy-duty Curves and/or Levels manipulation, and I am not yet sure the results will be acceptable for my purposes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body