Haven't seen any other responses Walter, so here's my opinion, FWIW! I tried the methods discussed, on an image taken in brilliant light with a good lens, so there wasn't much apparent need for significant sharpening. Initially, I was unhappy with the edge artefacts the first pass produced, but these were minimised with the second pass: overall the results were good. I then tried the same image with my usual sharpening technique (100-150%, radius 1, threshold 0) and got very similar results with just one pass. I noticed that someone recently noted sharpening of 60%, radius 5 and threshold 45(?) on an image, and I wonder what the accepted wisdom is on the list WRT USM? I'm always impressed with, amongst others, the sharpness and smoothness of Bruce Dayton's presentations, which I would love to be able to emulate (you can take a bow, Bruce!)
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walter Hamler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 3:13 AM Subject: Pentax Life Article > http://pentaxlife.com/ > > Anyone try the sharpening technique of Benjamin Kanarek on the Pentax Life > website? > I tried it on a few shots and just the two stage unsharp mask technique > looked pretty good. The additional layers merge was hit or miss depending > on > the subject. > > Walt > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
