Difficult to say without knowing what the original was like, and how much the image has been cropped. I get the impression you’re a bit underwhelmed, though.
Obviously the best thing to do would be to beg or borrow a dedicated scanner and see how that does, although I realise that may be easier said than done.
I’ve run the Lanc through Photoshop Elements and accepted the defaults when it comes to contrast/brightness/sharpening, with this result:
And for what it’s worth, the second is a full frame from an Ektachrome of the 1961 Farnborough show (not taken by me), scanned on a Nikon Coolscan III with dust reduction and colour restoration, with Vuescan software rather than Nikon’s own.
Obvious both files have been resized to come in under the 300k upload limit.
[edit] The Coolscan III was a secondhand unit bought via Ebay. They tend to sell now for about £100, but they do need a SCSI interface card which, although not terribly expensive, makes use a bit cumbersome. Later Coolscans have a USB interface which is far easier to work with, but do cost considerably more: £300-ish used for a Coolscan IV, £1,000-ish for a bang up to date one. Buy new and you’re talking £1,500 to £2,800 depending on model.
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