I have a lot of trouble getting clean pix of minis with my digital camera. The main problem is that my camera is a little older and has no optical zoom. This means that close up on little metal figs = blurry. What I'm planning on doing is taking a disposable 35mm "weekender" camera, using up the roll of film on my better figs, then scanning the developed photos with my flatbed scanner.
Since you don't have a scanner, you could try taking the film to be developed at a MotoPhoto-type place and have them put the images on CD (which I think most of those places can do now for around an extra $9).