6D pictures look sharp on LCD screen but not when upload

On my 6D with lenses that does not need calibrating, pictures that looks great on the LCD screen. You can count the eye lashes and everything (I know pixel peeping lol) but when uploaded through LR5 pictures does not come out as sharp and if I wanted the pictures to look like they did on the LCD screen I'll have to push sharpening up to 50. Think I'm just over examining this but hopefully some of you can chime in alittle on this.


Thanks in advance

On the LCD screen the photo is TINY! A lot of sins are hidden when the list of sins is printed small.

Eel Noob wrote in post #17444011
On my 6D with lenses that does not need calibrating, pictures that looks great on the LCD screen. You can count the eye lashes and everything (I know pixel peeping lol) but when uploaded through LR5 pictures does not come out as sharp and if I wanted the pictures to look like they did on the LCD screen I'll have to push sharpening up to 50. Think I'm just over examining this but hopefully some of you can chime in alittle on this.


Thanks in advance

In the camera LCD you see a jpg rendition of the RAW file which HAS default sharpening (whatever the profile you are shooting with). If you shoot faithful, I believe there is no sharpening and it normally looks like cr@p...The embedded jpg is actually quite a large (approx 4.5 MB) full resolution file. When you pixel peep at it (i.e. zoom in to maximum zoom), you are seeing max resolution with all its flaws.

Eel Noob wrote in post #17444011
On my 6D with lenses that does not need calibrating, pictures that looks great on the LCD screen. You can count the eye lashes and everything (I know pixel peeping lol) but when uploaded through LR5 pictures does not come out as sharp and if I wanted the pictures to look like they did on the LCD screen I'll have to push sharpening up to 50. Think I'm just over examining this but hopefully some of you can chime in alittle on this.


Thanks in advance

What is the setting for sharpening in your Styles menu?

50 sharpness (with a 65 masking value) is a great choice for any RAW image.

That's nothing wrong with that.

I use 35, but also use export sharpening set to "standard" whether for screen or print.

Eel Noob wrote in post #17444011
Think I'm just over examining this but hopefully some of you can chime in alittle on this.

you are worrying too much. I think you get the idea from above, but "developing" your image in post is half the battle. And by battle, i mean challenge, art and fun. If an images needs it, sharpen up to the point it almost becomes distracting, and never accept that the default values are the correct values, for any change, sharpening or otherwise. Most people today will sharpen an image more than once.


I was very lucky to have learned from Dan Margulis in the mid 90's. Back then, obviously, the internet was not awash with a differing opinion on every aspect of everything. Seeking out instruction was important and sometimes costly. I don't remember how i came across him, i think he came to town for a seminar so it was easy, but after that i made a point of going to see him whenever he was around. After he became more famous it involved a trip to DC or Charlotte or i think even Atlanta one time.


Anyway, he is just one example of how much there is to learn about post processing images. And every image is different. If you like learning about photography, you better like learning about processing your images too, it's half the "battle".

Also, lightroom shows a.soft preview first. You need to wait for it to load fully to see it sharp. And if you view at 100% it will look soft.

Thanks for all the responses.


Picture style is at the factory defaul Auto. One thing I love photography is everyone can create/process a picture to their individual style/liking.