Sylwester Pietrzyk mused:
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 22.10.04 15:58:
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> > You can turn up the in-camera sharpening in the *istD. However, that' not the
> > route to great results. Better to shoot RAW and sharpen when converting in
> > PSCS. My *istD prints appear to be considerably sharper than 35mm prints shot
> > with the same lenses and scanned at 4800dpi. If your prints are soft, you're
> > doing something wrong. (I assume they are, because you refer to the "famous
> > softness.") It's not "famous" around here nor is it even noted.
> The problem of *istD "softness" was disscussed here many times.
True. But with the notable exception of a couple of individuals,
the general opinion seems to be that there isn't really a problem.
Basically, it boils down to the following:
o The *ist-D is a digital camera. Like all the other DSLRs
(except those with Foveon sensors) it has an anti-aliasing
filter in front of the sensor. Different cameras can have
different filters (even if they use the same sensor).
o The default setting for in-camera sharpening (when not
shooting RAW) is lower than that on many other cameras.
Despite this, the camera seems perfectly capable of producing
12x18 prints that satisfy fairly picky individuals.
Not only that - technical reviews seem to indicate that the *ist-D
has a pretty good balance between the various components. Any extra
percieved sharpness in competitive products is more likely to be an
artifact of the post-exposure processing than to be genuine detail.
