Capture NX-D users: what's your take on unsharp mask settings?

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Steve in Oz

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I primarily use it as a RAW converter and 'tweaker' and often export in TIFF and use Zoner Photo Studio to add additional effects - though the JPG exports out of NX-D often 'hit the spot' for my purposes without any further adjustment required. The fact that NX-D can maintain the camera's (D7200) picture control settings is a big advantage for me.

With that said... what are people's thoughts on sharpening in NX-D with the Unsharp Mask? I'm convinced it's some sort of 'dark art' that falls just short of voodoo. I was for a long time using applying high 'intensity' settings (approx 50) and low radius and threshold settings (less than 5) but of late I'm finding 10/1/1 gives good results - the picture of the Jag below was set at 10/1/1.

It's a subjective thing of course, but I'm keen to hear your own takes on this.

Jaguar 10 1 1.jpg
 
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Steve in Oz

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That's the impression I'm getting. Up until now I think I'd been trying to achieve sharpness through image adjustment when the image was already sharp the moment it hit the sensor.
 
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mikew_RIP

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Steve in Oz said:
That's the impression I'm getting. Up until now I think I'd been trying to achieve sharpness through image adjustment when the image was already sharp the moment it hit the sensor.
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I keep hearing about micro contrast being more important but cant get my head round what it is and how you do it.:confused:
 
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