I have been doing quite a lot of research to find a decent machine to scan my family's millions of slides. After reading all the reviews...I will plan to do what I have done with some old pictures.the plan is this: have a slide show. Take digital photos with your "macro" setting (I use a Panasonic Lumix) of every slide...individually. It will take about 3-5 seconds each slide. Download them onto your computer. Play with color, etc on photoshop. Voila! You have all your slides in one place - in IPhoto or Picassa or whatever. You will be surprised how good they come out.Why bother with a machine? Until a decent one is designed and made, that is.