Great info Nathan. I agree that the DMAX of the V750 isn't on par with other scanners (NIKON 8000 and TANGO in my comparisons), but I was able to squeeze some more out of mine by boosting the gamma to 3.0. So, if you're interested, give that approach a whirl. The resulting scans look washed out, but capture much greater detail in the shadows than the default gamma, and I can correct for density and contrast in post production.