The banding issue with my scanner (the Reflecta Crystalscan 7200" is driving me nuts, it's gotten a bit worse over time (but it's been there since the start). It's not noticeable on all pictures, but it's ruined about two or three completely and with others it's taken a lot of work to correct it to a degree where the image is even remotely presentable. It's worse if the scanner has been on and scanning for a while, especially in a warm room (it doesn't help that my radiator is right below my scanner, there is a piece of wood between the two [namely, a piece of table, I don't have anywhere else to really put it to use it properly]), but even if I keep my window open it is noticeable on many pictures, especially after I apply post-processing on the images.

The question is, are there any scanners available that aren't absurdly expensive (Nikon scanners) with decent resolution (3000+ real DPI from 35mm film - my current scanner says it gets 7200 DPI but the real resolution is 3300DPI which already outresolves 35mm colour negative film, except for maybe Ektar, so I'm not looking for a resolution upgrade) that don't have this issue. From what I can tell, prettymuch all Reflecta and Plustek dedicated 35mm film scanners have this issue and from cheaper scanners, only flatbeds don't have this issue and those aren't sufficiently high resolution for me.

Do I really have to make do with my current one (it's doable, but it does ruin some frames and it's very timeconsuming to correct the myriad of issues I have with it with many others - it's unnoticeable in more busy pictures, but ones with relatively uniform areas and whatnot all suffer from this nonsense and unfortunately, many of the pictures I make are like that) and save up for a Nikon 5000 ED (2k+ eur) or is there a cheaper way (sub 1000 eur) around the issue?