My version of Vuescan keeps crashing and the developer shows no interest in working out what the problem is. Bit peeved really as I could have kept on using the Minolta Software which came with the scanner for nothing...
Personally, the lab I use returns perfectly good dust-spot free scans and I'd rather pay them £5 for those than spend an age with my film scanner for lots of images. I, therefore, get the lo-res ones done by the lab (perfectly good enough for posting on fora, Flickr and to the PPG) and only do the high-res scans myself when I have an image I want to submit for a competition or print large (although in the latter case I prefer to get someone to do me a old-fashioned silver gelatin print).
I second the use of Kodak BW400CN. Excellent all round film that means I can use old cameras like my FED2 without worrying too much about dodgy shutter speeds etc. I only wish they still made it in 120 size.
K.