(GD) wrote in message . com...
I'am encountering problems scanning Kodachrome slides with an Elite
5400 scan.
The pictures are rather dark and sometimes the colors saturated
In fact, the scan is of poor quality vs what I can see on the slide
I'm very surprised as I had no problem with negative films where I had
only to use automatic correction in Photoshop; With the slides I have
to change the gamma to high levels and I am never really satisfied
with the result ...

Who had encountered this kind of problem? Thank you for help!

One of the generic answers for this kind of question is to ask
if you've tried to use VueScan with it (hamrick.com). It's good
software for a very reasonable price (esp for those of us who bought
it a zillion years ago and still using the "forever upgrades for free"
policy. Also works with most scanners, not a one-scanner software like
silverfast.

So... if you haven't tried it (think its got a Kodachrome as one of its
listed film modes), give it a try -- trying is free, or used to be anyway. :-)

If you succeed, please post results here. I've been thinking about getting
one of those scanners and probably 20% of my slides are Kodachrome (although
that will be declining as Kodachrome seems to be on it's last legs).

Mike