I clipped this post about the 5400 from
www.photo.net. The entire thread can be found at the following link:
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=004tHzIt seems to be available in Germany for 850 euros. The French magazine "Chasseur d'Images" has a very positive review of the Elite 5400: "5400 dpi are really useful", "very good software" and a measured Dynamic Range of 3.8.
The scanner is fast, except when you apply ICE (at 5400dpi: 1mn15s without ICE / 3mn30 with ICE).
Overall, the ELite 5400 gets a rate of 5/5 (if you want more info: buy the magazine... : ).
Speed with ICE is rather disappointing, and I'll probably skip this model and look for another one... :