Do film scanners produce the same image quality as drum scanners?
The answer depends on the type of film being scanned and how the scanned image will be used. There are relative limitations in the current density range of the PCD Film Scanner but not in the color-encoding metric. See PhotoYCC. In reversal film (slide) images with high densities, you will see a difference in high-quality reproductions if the information in those dark densities is critical. In many situations, however, if the image on the Photo CD Disc is processed correctly, it produces the same result in the final printing as an image made using a drum scanner. There are no practical density limitations when scanning color negative film because of its inherent lower density range. In addition, the Kodak technology in the system helps ensure consistent results because it contains important information pertaining to the unique tone scale and reproduction properties of the film, information that many other scanning systems do not include. You should always use a good conversion to CMYK
