gdanmitchell wrote: Makten wrote: gdanmitchell wrote:
Not sure if it came up yet, but ALL raw files will be soft until you sharpen them. That's normal — it is how raw files behave.
No they won't. A sharp lens will still render a sharp file without sharpening, but of course less sharp.
That is one of the more bizarre posts I've seen around here.
I suggest that one reason that a raw file might look soft is that it hasn't been sharpened, which is a standard part of virtual anyone's post-processing workflow with raw files.
You reply that a) unsharpened raw files won't be softer, but that the will "of course" be less sharp."
OK. Got it. Sort of a Schrödinger's Photograph situation, eh? Where the file will be both sharper and not sharper? ;-)
How about reading your own post that I was replying to instead of making things up?
"ALL raw files will be soft until you sharpen them"
No, they won't. "Less sharp" than sharpened doesn't mean they are soft. Certainly not as soft as the examples in this thread.
Anyone can try this for themselves. Just back off sharpening in the raw converter when processing a seemingly sharp image. It won't turn into a muddy mess. Well, maybe if it's from a x-trans sensor.
Edit: Here's a 100% crop with zero sharpening from a sharp lens...
Feb 03, 2022 at 04:29 PM
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