With the camera set a +1 sharpness, I've been quite pleased without further sharpening. I import via PIM, crop to whatever size I'm printing, and print on an Epson 925 using the custom option of "no color adjustment". Prints come out very good with colors exactly the way the camera recorded them.
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 12:03 PM Subject: Re: Pentax *ist D vs. Fujifilm S2 Pro: final update > >Do all *ist D users have access to NASA labs? That's fine! > > >Dario > > You know I've been reading reviews of the 10D (and the *istD). Well, mainly > studying the reviews at dpreview more. I hadn't really looked in depth yet. And > complaints about the 10D images are the same. Too soft. Have to sharpen. > > I guess I am coming late into this, since I haven't been paying THAT much > attention. (Since my DSLR purchase date is still off in the future.) So, sort of > ignorant here. (Well, actually that's fairly common for me re photography, no > matter the arena. :-)) > > But I don't want to have to do a lot of post processing. > > I.E. Have to sharpen every image I shoot. Some I'd just like, bang, shoot, > open in Elements and print. I often do that now from scanning slides. I mean, > sometimes I sharpen or edit, but not always. > > I don't know what the solution is, frankly. Maybe better sensors. Maybe > better software. Don't know. > > But I hope that something evolves so people don't have to post process every > image. Otherwise, well, might as well take all digital images to a lab -- or > spend hours and hours doing it one's self, which sort of negates some of the > gain of a DSLR. > > At least for me. > > Marnie aka Doe Awaiting developments/evolution. > >
