That Nikon scanner may be the "correct" way to do it, but unless you are a pro, that is way overkill. I recently bought an Epson scanner to scan family photos. It comes with a plastic template thingy to put slides or negatives in, and it will scan them just fine. And yes, doing 4 at a time is tedious if you have bunches, but hey, it beats paying big bucks for the Nikon.

You can scan them at absurdly high resolution if you want. Cleaning the dust off the negs or slides is important to get a good scan.

The Epson was a cut above the bunch of +/- $100 scanners - it cost about $200, but it produces fine results.

Rgds,
Chris W.