"Most flatbed scanners that offer slide and film scanning do so as a convenience feature, not for serious scanning. The Canon CanoScan 8400F is the exception, and comes at a surprisingly low price ($149.99 direct). Its scans rival more expensive, dedicated film and slide scanners, with a rating of very good. It earns a very good rating for photos too, and the flatbed design and bundled software let you use the 8400F for both OCR and scanning documents to PDF format."If you're looking to digitally archive your old photos on film and slides, this looks like it might be a good choice!