<x-html><!x-stuff-for-pete base="" src="" id="0" charset=""><HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>Try this to improve your scanned image from the Nikon LS2000. Go to www.nikonusa.com > scanners>LS2000 and download the latest NikonScan ver 3.1.2. The ver 2.5 had some problems with color correction that ver 3.1 and 3.1.2 correct. I get great results with my Coolscan III (similar to your 2000) scanned into PS5.5 with latest ver. <BR> <BR>I would describe myself as an advanced beginner using a 1280 with CD Tobie profiles and this combination has saved me many a heartbreak. I would suspect, as you do, that the problem may lie with your scanner. Hope the download will help. <BR> <BR>Harold H. <BR> <BR>Concord NC</FONT></HTML> </x-html>