The software appears to be designed to create scans at only one speed: very fast, with no options to improve scan quality. Silverfast 8 dropped the multi-scanning feature, so I'm not sure if that's the cause of the problem, or if there is some other problem. I have had to go back to Silverfast 6.6, which produces far superior results but only when I engage multi-scanning (set to at least 8x). They can't reproduce the problem on their test machines and so they deny there is a problem with the software. I have spent literally dozens of hours trying to troubleshoot this, including corresponding with Silverfast tech support in Germany. ![]() The lines are most noticeable in darker areas, and create jagged edges where dark and light areas meet. ![]() The colors look great but when I zoom in to 100% in Photoshop or any other image viewer, I can see very narrow, but distinct, scan lines/banding throughout the image. I am scanning Kodachrome slides 4000 ppi, 48 bit, tiff output. I have Silverfast 8 scanning software for my Nikon Coolscan 5000 scanner hooked up to my Mac Pro.
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