the invention provides a processing system , comprising a detector to detect a unitary barcode on a film , the barcode identifying the film and a camera , thereby identifying a film / camera combination ; and a memory to store a plurality of processing algorithms , one or more of the processing algorithms corresponding to a particular film / camera combination and being optimized in relation to one or more of the parameters of the respective film / camera combination ; and a selector to select the corresponding processing algorithm on identification of the film / camera combination , to process optimally the film . the invention provides a system in which the use of custom designed algorithms specifically optimized for the film / camera or even film / camera - lens combination and the usage pattern of otucs , enables optimization of output images from the film to be obtained .