Yes Ted, 8-bit scans are standard from WCI Tango. They claim that 16-bit Tango scan don't buy the customer much, if anything, for most images. I can't comment on the subject, my 8-bit scans from them had always been adequate.

http://www.westcoastimaging.com/wci/...ciscans.htm#Q1

The second scan - to my eye - is faithful to the slide. The scanner claimed that something was amiss in processing. I don't know - what's certain is that the first scan was effed-up and it cost me a week and extra shipping and a bit of worry to get it sorted. I suspect it had more to do with scan volumes from their sale than something in my lab's chemistry.