The Nikon coolscan range are superb scanners. If you want to buy one new you will be lucky to find one, if you look on Ebay you will find them but in used condition. I have owned several of the range and they are reliable and relatively easy to use. The Nikon software is good and alternative software is available for example from SilverFast. So why have Nikon stopped making them?
Epson Perfection 700 and 750 provide good competition for the Nikons. My Epson Perfections can put through more scans than the Nikons but they are fiddly, and when you have sausage sized fingers they are less easy to use. The images from both are remarkably comparable for negatives and 35mm slides. My one major criticism of the flatbed Epsons is that they are less easy to keep dust free and the air blowers tend to just move dust around. I have largely got around this problem by keeping the scanners in a self designed cabinet. Filtered air is blown into the cabinet making a positive pressure keeping dust out, helps to keep the equipment cool too.
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