I'm sure you've thought of it, but you should run the numbers on just sending them off to be scanned. I've thought about this quite a bit because I have about 1500 frames (mostly 35mm but some slides) that need to be scanned in from my film days, and when I ran the numbers for buying a scanner then figured out how much time it takes per frame (time is $), it's not even remotely a difficult decision to go with a service to do it for you. There are a number of reputable places that have good prices and high quality. Depending on how many you have to do. I could get all of my shots done at 2-3000 dpi for around $500. Seems expensive when you look at it flat like that but once you factor in scanner cost and the monotonous time consuming process, it's a steal.


The two I've narrowed it down to based on forum searches and the like:

http://www.digmypics.com/default.asp
http://www.pixmonix.com/index.php