[Leica] IMG: Sharpening an Image

[Ken Carney]

Jim,

If you have not already done so you might experiment with the settings.  
For example in the current version of LR the defaults are amount 25, 
radius 1, detail 25 and masking 0.  With the Fuji sensor, for example, 
results are much better with detail set to 100 and masking to 10.  Just 
a thought.

Ken


On 1/24/2017 3:10 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> There have been several comments on sharpening with Lightroom tools, 
> and a fine group of comments from Moose, mostly on the OM list.  But, 
> since the subject of my image is a Leica, I am posting it to the LUG 
> as well.
>
> I find that, no matter how I use the sharpening tools provided in 
> LRCC, which Moose says are basically USM, I end up finishing the image 
> with Focus Magic.  This Olympus digital image from 2008, when I 
> swapped from film to digital, was dressed up using Nik tools and then 
> subjected to Level 2 sharpening with FM.  Again referring to Moose, 
> I'm told this process is done by deconvolution.  To  me, it is just 
> magic.
>
> While it would be nice to be able to use the Lightroom tools for 
> everything, for me, I'm not satisfied with the final result.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Leica+IIIf+with+Summitar.tif.html 
>
>
> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>