Comments on: Use of In-Camera Sharpening http://www.fotohacker.com/2008/05/20/use-of-in-camera-sharpening/ Digital Photography Geeks Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:31:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: euicho http://www.fotohacker.com/2008/05/20/use-of-in-camera-sharpening/comment-page-1/#comment-162 euicho Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:18:24 +0000 http://www.fotohacker.com/2008/05/20/use-of-in-camera-sharpening/#comment-162 There are two sides to this... If you sharpen in-camera, you manipulate the RAW data before converting/compressing to jpeg. Rather than destroying detail, your camera is just interpreting the data it got off the sensor in a different way before applying it to the image. On the other hand, the camera's processor isn't able to run as powerful a sharpening algorithm as your desktop, so it can't always employ the best sharpening. I use slight in-camera for my jpegs because I don't want to sharpen every photo I take in Photoshop, and as Jason says, it's not enough to hurt your image. Without getting into a pro/con RAW debate, if you sharpen in Photoshop (et al.) on a jpeg, you are working on a converted, compressed file, and sharpening will not be as effective nor as good looking, in general, as working on a RAW file, so if you're worried about it, just shoot RAW or RAW+jpeg and either see for yourself which you prefer, or just always save the raw so that if you don't like the in-camera sharpening on a photo down the road, you can go back to the original RAW! There are two sides to this… If you sharpen in-camera, you manipulate the RAW data before converting/compressing to jpeg. Rather than destroying detail, your camera is just interpreting the data it got off the sensor in a different way before applying it to the image. On the other hand, the camera’s processor isn’t able to run as powerful a sharpening algorithm as your desktop, so it can’t always employ the best sharpening. I use slight in-camera for my jpegs because I don’t want to sharpen every photo I take in Photoshop, and as Jason says, it’s not enough to hurt your image.

Without getting into a pro/con RAW debate, if you sharpen in Photoshop (et al.) on a jpeg, you are working on a converted, compressed file, and sharpening will not be as effective nor as good looking, in general, as working on a RAW file, so if you’re worried about it, just shoot RAW or RAW+jpeg and either see for yourself which you prefer, or just always save the raw so that if you don’t like the in-camera sharpening on a photo down the road, you can go back to the original RAW!

]]> By: Adrian http://www.fotohacker.com/2008/05/20/use-of-in-camera-sharpening/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Adrian Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:47:33 +0000 http://www.fotohacker.com/2008/05/20/use-of-in-camera-sharpening/#comment-142 Looked on my Sony Alpha's and cant find an option on there, have I just missed it? Looked on my Sony Alpha’s and cant find an option on there, have I just missed it?

]]> By: Embassy Pro Books http://www.fotohacker.com/2008/05/20/use-of-in-camera-sharpening/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Embassy Pro Books Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:57:06 +0000 http://www.fotohacker.com/2008/05/20/use-of-in-camera-sharpening/#comment-124 I agree, if you do it in the camera you can't revert back. I always wait until I do anything to the pic until I get on my computer that way you can save different versions of it. But I do recommend playing with all the settings on your camera. It always you to do things with your camera you never thought you could. I agree, if you do it in the camera you can’t revert back. I always wait until I do anything to the pic until I get on my computer that way you can save different versions of it.

But I do recommend playing with all the settings on your camera. It always you to do things with your camera you never thought you could.

]]> By: Embassy Pro Books http://www.fotohacker.com/2008/05/20/use-of-in-camera-sharpening/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Embassy Pro Books Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:53:55 +0000 http://www.fotohacker.com/2008/05/20/use-of-in-camera-sharpening/#comment-122 I had no idea you could do this either. You learn something new every day! I had no idea you could do this either. You learn something new every day!

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]]> By: Richard X. Thripp http://www.fotohacker.com/2008/05/20/use-of-in-camera-sharpening/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Richard X. Thripp Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:15:23 +0000 http://www.fotohacker.com/2008/05/20/use-of-in-camera-sharpening/#comment-114 Sharpening out of camera is a better practice, because in-camera sharpening is a destructive process that destroys detail. It would be like converting to black and white in-camera; you don't do it because then you can't go back to color, or in this case, you can't go back to unsharpened. Sharpening out of camera is a better practice, because in-camera sharpening is a destructive process that destroys detail. It would be like converting to black and white in-camera; you don’t do it because then you can’t go back to color, or in this case, you can’t go back to unsharpened.

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]]> By: Chris Bergman http://www.fotohacker.com/2008/05/20/use-of-in-camera-sharpening/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Chris Bergman Fri, 23 May 2008 13:30:14 +0000 http://www.fotohacker.com/2008/05/20/use-of-in-camera-sharpening/#comment-105 To mutter utter shame, I had no idea you could sharpen in-camera. I've always used Photoshop for that sort of thing. Definitely gonna try this out. Thanks for the tip! -Chris To mutter utter shame, I had no idea you could sharpen in-camera. I’ve always used Photoshop for that sort of thing. Definitely gonna try this out. Thanks for the tip!
-Chris

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