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In Camera Sharpening

Discussion

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Posted by Larry Fischer on November 3, 2008 at 11:59 AM
What is the recommendation of in camera adjustments, especailly sharpening?

Does no sharpening, mild sharpening, intense sharpening in the camera aid or detract from sharpening in a RAW program. Or is the in-camera sharpening only for generated in-camera jpegs?

I seem to have a double posting. Sorry.
Posted by DKOSIUR on November 3, 2008 at 12:33 PM
In-camera sharpening only applies to the jpegs generated in the camera. It has no effect on raw files.

Dave

Posted by Preston Birdwell on November 3, 2008 at 2:38 PM
Larry,

If you do shoot jpegs at some point, it's best to not sharpen them at capture time. If you sharpen in-camera, and then make copies of the image at different sizes, any additional sharpening may introduce halos or 'jaggies' that will seriously degrade image quality.

-P