Hi Bob:
Last year I was looking for a scanner to upload my slides and I found this review in PC Magazine.
In the past I've found their reviews fair and without bias. The price was right, I took a chance and bought the Canon.
It has been everything I had hoped for, a reasonably priced machine giving a quality scan.
It might be worth your consideration.
Canoscan 8400F
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1712301,00.asp
Bruce C