I've made a couple of attempts to get a good slide scanner--the one that was the "industry standard" went out of production a number of years ago, and alas, most of the used ones now on the market pass through shady eBay dealers. I was fortunate to get my money back via a third party warranty, but my next attempt will be to buy one currently in production and covered by a warranty. I'll let you know what I come up with.

SRS