FujiFilm HS-10 - Sharpen Up Too

As a follow on to the images I shot yesterday, I did a comparison set of images this morning.

These were shot as Jpeg, ISO 200, DR 200%, Chrome, - 0.33 EV and with settings of Sharpness - Soft, then Medium and Hard.

Below is the set of images and in the order (descending) Soft, Medium, Hard. The second set of images is the same as the first but with the addition of my own Photoshop sharpening action.

No other post process work of any kind has been done to the images.

Why this scene ? The reason is that I know from prior experience, that foreground smearing can appear in such a scene when shooting Jpeg.

Click on the images for large sizes. Feel free to download and pixel peep.

Same as above but with my own PhotoShop sharpening action applied.

I was also asked about how Tone settings affect the image IQ. Well, below is a comparison shot with the same settings as above, but with Sharpness set to Hard and Tone settings varied, in (descending) order, Hard, Medium, Soft.

Cheers.

FujiFilm HS-10 - Sharpen Up

On the DPReview FujiFilm Talk forum, someone made a comment about setting Tone to high, and also Sharpness to high for Jpeg shooting. Now, this is not something I would normally do, but I thought I would try it.

The main reason I wanted to try it was that samples he posted seemed to have not only more sharpness, but also seemed to lack the 'smearing' in areas which I would normally expect from the in-camera selective NR routine.

Anyway, a few I took very early this morning. Light was what I would call quite 'dirty'. Meaning that it was very early, very overcast and contrast was very low.

Settings used were ISO 400 (Auto), DR 200%, Chrome, - 0.33 EV, Color-Mid, Tone-High, Sharpness-High.

These have been edited, in that sharpness has been added and some levels adjustment has been made. However, no NR has been applied and no colour has been altered.

Yeah, I have a 'rope' thing.

Cheers.