Moose,
Thanks for pointing out that the in-camera adjustments won't matter in my
RAW workflow. I'll get back to trying to improve focus and exposure.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Comments on Halos & In-Camera Sharpening
> On 6/3/2013 12:26 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> There were two interesting threads yesterday that I wished to
>> investigate. Moose discussed halos, and someone mentioned in-camera
>> sharpening with the E-3.
>>
>> I went into my E-1 menu and reset the in-camera sharpening from "0" to
>> "2". I went outside and took several images. What I saw led me to
>> believe that my work flow, using Elements 11, did not benefit from the
>> in-camera sharpening. Perhaps Olympus software handles it differently.
>> What I did note was that the halo around the leaf in this image was
>> definitely noticeable, with no sharpening in post-processing.
>>
>> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5682
>>
>> I then reset the in-camera sharpening to "0" and tried to repeat the
>> image. The lighting had changed somewhat, but the resulting image was
>> better, and the halo was less noticeable. I decided I will not use
>> in-camera sharpening, because I feel I can do a better job in
>> post-processing. Here is the image.
>>
>> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5680
>
> None of the in-camera image settings have any effect if, as you do, you
> use Raw conversion and editing via PSE. They
> will only effect Raw conversions if you use the Oly software, and then
> only if you use its option to emulate the JPEG
> settings.
>
> The difference between the two images appears to me to be simply missed
> focus and underexposure in the first, the
> underexposure due at least in part due to the larger amount of bright
> cloud in it.
>
> As to the halo, look at the image without any adjustment at all in ACR/Raw
> conversion and PSE. It is most likely a
> result of PSE adjustments other than sharpening. Clarity can do it, as may
> boosting shadows, depending on how PSE does
> that. Less halo on the second probably is because it required less of
> the/those adjustment(s) that tend(s) to produce halos.
>
> Unaffected Moose
>
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> What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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