[Leica] Why sharpen?

[leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Chris Williams)]

Many lenses designed for film, while sharp as !@#! with film, are not sharp 
with digital. I find this with Nikon,Canon and yes Leica.

I don't use a allot of sharpening, but it's needed.

Chris - digital-or-jobless



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Filippone"
Subject: [Leica] Why sharpen?


> Sincerely asked.....
>
> Why sharpen a digital shot?  What do you gain over the basic " negative" (
> which could be RAW, Jpeg, TIFF or something else....) ?????
>
> I understand correcting some color qualities, and overall "blend" of 
> colors,
> and exposure.....
>
> But the idea of taking an image that was captured digitally and putting it
> through a sharpening filter ( all the time) , somehow escapes me.......
>
> Frank Filippone, digital-less.