jim_payette Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 The D60 I just purchased seems to lack sharpness and contrast. What am I missing? Does it have to be set in the camera or maybe the firmware needs updating? My G2 looks better to me. My tests have been in RAW mode. The images look sharp on the monitor but soft on the computer screen. Help! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelging Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Are you sharpening in Photoshop before you look at it? I use a D60 for work. I have not noticed it not being sharp. Remember there is no sharpening in RAW untill you do it in photo shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew robertson Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 You're used to a point - n - shoot. They usually oversharpen and oversaturate the image in the camera. If you want the same look with your DSLR shooting RAW files, just boost saturation, sharpness, and contrast up as far as you think you need. DSLRs generally produce more muted output to allow for maximum flexibility in image processing after the exposure. Trust me, your D60 blows away your G2 - you just don't know how to use it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuppyDigs Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 Try printing an 8 x 12 at Costco and you'll be shocked how good it will look even without postprocessing. Afterall, the D60 was designed for photographic prints, not pixel peeping. The purpose of RAW mode is for you to tweak the parameters, e.g., sharpening, saturation, contrast, color tone, etc., according to your taste. So if you need more sharpness and contrast, add some! It ain't gonna do it for you. You make the choice. If you merely convert at default, you should stick to JPEGS and crank up sharpness and contrast to +2. Sometimes the light’s all shining on me. Other times I can barely see. - Robert Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yakim_peled1 Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 <p> <i>Afterall, the D60 was designed for photographic prints, not pixel peeping. </i> </p><p> Sure. That is what the 1Ds Mk II is for......</p> <p>Happy shooting,<br>Yakim.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_moffa Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 I have been using the D60 since it first came out. Other than the autofocus being terrible in low light, and exposures using the 550EX strobe on TTL being erratic, the picture quality is very good. No trouble at all with sharpness. Images are excellent. Just purchased the 20D and absolutely love the camera, except for initial problem with freezing up and error messages. Canon has some bugs to work out with the new 20D, and they are aware of the issues with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Katz Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 Sharpening with Unsharp Mask and some levels and/or curves adjustment (about 1 minutes work with any decent photo editing program or your RAW converter) will make a huge improvment in the images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_payette Posted October 31, 2004 Author Share Posted October 31, 2004 Learned a lot real quick. Silly me a film shooter thinking it was the lens that determined sharpness! I guess it is nice to have so much control but what an expense in time. Thanks again! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_dunn2 Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 <p>Well, even in the good old days, the lens wasn't the whole story - some films were sharper than others. But yeah, there's so much more to it with digital - though, of course, good lenses still help. Those of us who have been scanning in our slides/negs with a film scanner already know that some post-processing is necessary to get the saturation, sharpness, contrast, etc. just right ... welcome to the new world :-)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinesisphotogear Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 I recently downloaded an official PDF document from Chuck Westfall (head US tech) at Canon. It basically said what previous people mentioned?point-n- shoot digitals have built-in"in-camera" unsharp masking, whereas the D60, 20D etc. have some unsharp masking and the 1D series have little. They suggest for 1D cameras to unsharp mask at 300% / .3 / 0 as a starting point (in Photoshop > Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Masking). I have found with my D60 with the camera prefs set at "Sharpen" that 200-250% for most subjects works good. I could post the link or put this doc on my site if people are interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_payette Posted November 1, 2004 Author Share Posted November 1, 2004 I could post the link or put this doc on my site if people are interested Richard That would be appreciated. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinesisphotogear Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 I just posted the Canon PDF file on my site: http://www.KinesisGear.com/opinion.html#canon. It is entitled Getting The Most From Your EOS-1 Class Digital SLR Tips and Techniques: Camera Handling & Maximum Image Quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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