scanner help

[thatguy]

my dad is in a clean up/sort out kick, and the family spent about 8 hours yesterday going through boxes of papers, pictures, and slides.  lots of slides.  dad wants to scan the slides and store them digitally.  i suggested that we do the same with the pictures and some documents.
 
 are there combination scanners that can do flatbed scanning and slides/negatives, or do i need to look at two different machines?  does anyone have any relevant experience?

[vansmack]

It's a whole lot of work.  If somebody has the time and the patience, then you should look at Veho slide scanners with the autoloader - but it still takes forever.
 
 We rented a NIKON pro-scanner for about $75 for a weekend, and used it for three straight days.  Didn't get even half of the family collection done.
 
 Instead, we took a collection from family members, shipped the negatives off to India and paid $.25-$.30 per slide/photo/negative.  We sent a DVD to each family member that chipped in.  Highly recommended.

[6949]

Just saw one (just for slides) in skymall.
 
  http://www.skymall.com/shopping/detail.htm?pid=102488719&c=10280

[eddie]

We have one in the office.

[thatguy]

Originally posted by eddie:
  We have one in the office.

so we have confirmation that i'm a moron.  i knew it had some attachments, but i couldn't remember if it did slides.
 
 hp scanjet 5590.  retails for around $300.  
 
 thanks for the help.