Recommended: use compressed air to blow dust and hair off slides before scanning

The biggest problem--dust on my slides--has nothing to do with the equipment

Make sure you buy a can of "computer duster" spray -- you'll need it to clear any dust out of the device before you start using it, and to blow dust off negatives.

Too time consuming & difficult to keep dust and junk out of

That said, a little dusting brush with a bulb attached to blow a gentle stream of air over your slides or negatives as you brush them goes a long way toward fixing one the most common issues encountered

while no ICE it magically corrected scratches and dust, not in my experience, and if you had that feature you would advertise it on the box5) do your self a favor, get an espon 600 for 100 more

That way, I get rid of dust spots and scratches, fine-tune the color, lighting and contrast and crop the photo to my liking.

I probably could have cleaned the negatives better to clear the dust, but the image quality would have been meh at best

Make sure you buy a can of "computer duster" spray -- you'll need it to clear any dust out of the device before you start using it, and to blow dust off negatives.

As other reviewers have mentioned, you have to try your best to keep the negatives and the lightbox dust free or else the dust shows up on the scan.

This machine does NOT have a dust and scratch remover

but dust on the lens really messes things up..