Scanning Slides

[mzsupa5]

I have a dedicated slide scanner, Minolta Scan Speed, but never had much success, colour casts I can't seem to fix. Going to XP I will need to buy Vuescan to continue using. Has anyone used their G9 to scan. Frankly my old slides aren't really good enough to justify getting a better scanner so web resolution or small print is all I'm looking for and snapping on a camera is considerably faster than scanning and easier to try different exposures/WB for "difficult" slides

Thanks
Tony