I tried and compared several(most reviewed) scanners, and this scanner is the clear winner. The scanner produces best 'honest' colors from the picture and film and you can see that by level/curve tool from photoshop. A few other scanners produce sharper looking images, but the the color is not exactly same as original. Bottom line: if your sw does auto color or auto level, this is the best one feeding true duplication of your picture .... The quality of film scanning is fantastic. Just find the best deal like here in amazon.