DrDre,
just a comment about the film/slide scanner you are looking at above. Looking at the reviews it seems that it has a plastic cover that starts to get micro scratches after a few hundred scans, so either be aware of that and have lots of replacement covers on hand, or consider that when comparing to other models.
I have no experience, but saw that repeated review when looking at the product and wanted to make sure you were aware of it.
Thanks for the advice. I have a similar one from Fuji, but I will keep an eye out.