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Sony DSC-F707
04/12/2003 10:03:06 PM · #1
There are 5 options of sharpness on the camera. I wonder if someone can tell me when you would use which sharpness level. (That's not a good sentence but I think you will get my drift)
Sony Alpha a6400
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
04/12/2003 10:32:11 PM · #2
I use the default setting of zero on mine. I prefer to control my sharpness with photoshop rather than letting the camera do it...


Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
04/13/2003 12:13:32 AM · #3
Rita,

I also have my camera set to 0 sharpness. I have read that the Photoshop Filter Unsharp Mask, or whatever sharpening tool your image processor offers, is best when applied to the picture as one of the final steps of the process after the image has been resized and before a frame and/or text are added.

Apple iPhone 7
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
04/13/2003 12:27:49 AM · #4
I also keep mine on 0. I would not swear to it, but i have noticed that "jaggies" on diagonal lines are worse if the sharpness is set higher. Could be just my overactive imagination though, possibly.
Canon EOS-10D
04/13/2003 04:47:07 AM · #5
Ditto for me, for the same reasons as everybody else.
Sony DSC-F707
04/13/2003 05:38:02 AM · #6
+1 for me. My reasoning is that after doing a lot of tests I thought it was a great starting point for all of my photos. I don't think they are oversharp or look any different than what I would apply in Photoshop. I am also one of the few people (maybe the only one) I know that likes to make the original sized images sharp before any other resizing is done. I think it is an appropriate amount to apply in-camera and before the initial jpeg compression. But that's just me and I know I am in the minority on this one. Hmmmm, maybe my monitor or my eyes are getting blurry and I only think I am not oversharpening : )

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Canon EOS-10D
04/13/2003 06:44:00 AM · #7
Keep mine on 0, apply USM in Photoshop later or print with QImage with USM as an associative filter if I am worried about possible artifacts. The good thing about QImage that it first resizes the photo to its most optimal resolution for the size I specify and then sharpens as necessary, thus avoiding blowing up the sharpening artifacts.
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