10D setting Question

[dennykyser]

I have read that you can increase the 10D's setting to make sharper photos. Can someone tell me how to do this I was just looking through the manual and couldnt find it.

I am guessing that this will not make the Raw Sharper, am I corect?

Is there any drawback to changing the setting to sharper?

Thanks. Denny

[CyberDyneSystems]

The settig wil only effect the jpeg as you surmise.

I don't have my 10D with me,. but it is in the menu under "Parameters" where you can alter sharpening, contrast, saturation etc...

Now,. in a few minutes there will be a few posts that say don't boost these settings.. :roll:


But,. I say go for it and see of it gives you the effect you desire in your jpegs.

FYI the 300D "default" or "zero" settings are equivelent to plus2 on the 10D... so boost away!

[timmyquest]

I tend to agree, i usually shoot RAW but thats mostly when i'm taking a specific shot or when the shot count isnt all that high.

That said i use JPEG when i'm shooting a lot of photos this is both for memory reasons but also because when it comes to sorting through 150 photos i want to deal with them as little as possible. Having them sharpened already is a nice thing indeed. A digital camera (at present that is) will almost always need at least a little sharpening, no reason not to let the camera do it it's self.

That's not to say you should jack it up as much as possible...sometimes less iis more as they say.

[scottbergerphoto]

You have much more control of sharpening in post processing. Many would argue as well that the quality of sharpening is better in photoshop then in camera. Camera manufacturers have to make compromises in how much time the camera's processor can spend on each function and still allow you to take shots in a reasonable period of time. The sharpening algorithyms used by the camera must therefore be more limited then what you can get in Photoshop or stand alone sharpening programs or plug ins.
Scott

[KennyG]

Denny, think about it. If you sharpen in the camera you sharpen everything, including noise. Getting rid of noise that has been through this sort of process can leave a mushy flat appearance where the noise has been removed. Not recommended.

Sharpening should be very the last thing you do after all other adjustments.

[CyberDyneSystems]

... told you so...


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


The reason of course that we know this response will come up is because It's TRUE

However... sometimes the whole point of shooting jpeg as opposed to RAW is so that you don't have to do any post process work.

This is when in-camera settings may be of use.

Also.. again.. the best bet is to try it for yourself and see. You should be the judge of your own needs.

[robertwgross]

When the camera applies sharpening, it does it to the entire image, details, background, and everything.

The color noise reduction programs like Neat Image work a little differently. You can designate what part of the image is background, and smoothing can be done there. Then separately, you can apply selective sharpening to the subject.

---Bob Gross---