Not a given at all, John. From all I've read folks generally expect JPEG shots to be basically cooked and ready to serve. A smaller percentage of JPEG shooters will crop and maybe do some basic exposure tweaks, but the majority of JPEG adherents expect the camera to have done everything, like sharpening and saturation.
If you shoot assuming that the shot will need further processing you are doing yourself a disservice by shooting JPEG and you should be using RAW. Otherwise you are not only trying to undo what the camera has already done to the image, but you will have thrown away precious dynamic range too. On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 4:09 AM, John Coyle <jco...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > I use the middle settings for saturation, sharpness and contrast, and have > never had an > issue with the jpeg's. In processing, I find that using Unsharp Mask at > 50-70%, radius 1 > and threshold 0 works well for prints up to A4 (the biggest I've gone with > digital > uncropped). > I don't know why people would criticize an unprocessed jpeg in the first > place, it's > surely a given that it needs to be worked with? > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Joseph Tainter > Sent: Monday, 18 June 2012 3:28 AM > To: pdml@pdml.net > Subject: Question About *ist D > > I am about to sell my long-unused *ist D to a colleague, for whom it is all > the camera she > needs. She will probably shoot JPEGs. I always use PEF, and recall that *ist > D JPEGs were > criticized for being soft and lacking contrast. I would like to set the > camera so that > she'll be satisfied with the images. > > Does anyone recall what in-camera settings to use for sharpness and > brilliance for this > camera? > > Thanks, > > Joe > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the > directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
