Sharpening in Canon DPP

[Mike Sellers]

I have been processing my 1dS Mark II images with a sharpening setting of 3. I just tried a setting of 10 and my results look much better. Does anyone else use a setting of 10? Is this too much sharpening at the raw stage?

[BartvanderWolf]

I have been processing my 1dS Mark II images with a sharpening setting of 3. I just tried a setting of 10 and my results look much better. Does anyone else use a setting of 10? Is this too much sharpening at the raw stage?

Hi Mike,

On the 1Ds2, in my experience, a setting of 3 is usually best (for images that are not affected by diffraction too much), unless the lens or shooting conditions dictates otherwise.

Cheers,
Bart

[Chris_Brown]

The sharpening level in the Raw tab is dependent on the content of the image and, to some degree, the setting of sharpening in the RGB tab. For example, a portrait of a baby (smooth skin) will use a lower raw sharpening setting than a landscape image. I've never used a setting of 10, though. Too harsh for my tastes, plus I prefer to apply a sharpening layer and mask out the areas I don't want affected.