Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, I just read an explanation on the need for sharpening on Canon's site--the professional advice/school portion. (It might have been Adobe's site; I plowed through both on the same day.) Anyway, here's the short-form 'splanation, as it regards Canon CMOS sensors. If you're shooting RAW, yes, you need to add sharpening to every image. RAW forgoes/ignores in-camera sharpening parameters. If you're shooting JPEG, you MIGHT NOT need to sharpen. You can set the 20D's Parameters to a number of different sharpness and contrast levels, which will appear in JPEGS. Just as when you set the 20D for Monochrome with RAW and JPEG images, you get color RAW and b&w JPEG. Again, that's neither the full, nor the technically correct, explanation. I'll poke around on Canon's site, locate the discourse and post the link. -Chris Lawson > > Question? > I have just begun using "sharpen & sharpen edges" on a few digital frames, > not because they were out of focus..... because someone told me it should > be > done as part of the digital "workflow" due to digital frames not being > sharp > no matter what glass. Surely this isn't correct given what I've shot and > printed. > > Do I see any difference after using it? Not really, because to my naked > eye > the photograph appeared right on the mark in focus where it was supposed > to > be. > > I believed "sharpen" was merely a tool to "fix the image" due to not > focused > correctly when the picture was taken. As in, it's meant to sharpen out of > focus photos? > > I realize it wont fix a badly focused photo, but is it really something > necessary on every frame? > > Thanks for an answer to this. > > ted > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information