I didn't want to get involved again in the endless *ist D sharpness discussion, but...
Mark Roberts wrote: > All the reports I've seen indicate than, rather than put in "more > softening" (a lower frequency anti-aliasing filter, in other words), > Pentax has just applies less sharpening in camera. I completely disagree with above statement. I wish Pentax did so, but they didn't. I'm convinced that Pentax put a heavy anti-alias filter in front of the CCD, and that's the main reason of all resolution problems (as well as an excellent cure of the moir� effect, BTW). This is well visible here: http://www.pbase.com/image/27208228/original Nothing to do with USM here, just plain MTF capabilities. With the *ist D, B&W lines merge into gray before other cameras. IMO, The D1x and the 10D are the winners, while the D70 has the opposite flaw: too little anti-alias. > Experienced Photoshop users like myself wouldn't have it any other > way. > I want the camera to do no image sharpening at all. The *correct* > sharpening for any given image requires adjustment of amount, > threshold > and radius and all three factors vary independently of each other, > depending on the subject matter of the photo. Current DSLR's allow you > some control of amount, but not the other two variables; they're fixed > forever in the camera's firmware. Since I can't have control of all > three variables in camera, I want the camera to do no sharpening at > all. > I'll take care of it myself. > Incidentally, I think it would be useless to actually let the user > control all three aspects of sharpening in the camera: There's no way > to > judge accurately from the tiny LCD on the back of the camera and there > are more than enough things for a photographer to be concerned with > during a shoot anyway. Ditto. Dario
