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<blockquote data-quote="voxmagna" data-source="post: 555158" data-attributes="member: 38477"><p>I realize this in an older thread but I also had similar issues since getting my D750. I cut my teeth assessing HD TV high quality images and I'm climatized to what a sharp image should look like. But my D750 has always puzzled me over its apparent lack of sharpness and I've seen similar questions asked on other forums . All the contributions to this thread are relevant and I've been through most of them. But when I take shots and hit the 'OK' button on preview to zoom, I expect to see better sharpness from a Nikon camera and prime lens. I've tried near, far, tripod, fast shutter, several apertures and ISOs and the in camera previews all have the same foggy sharpness when zoomed in to check focus.</p><p></p><p>I think I have now solved my 'problem'. When I bring RAW images into post and apply what seems like a lot of sharpness, I start to see image sharpness I would have expected. I think this is Nikons correct conservative approach, as long as you realize you need to add a lot of sharpness compensation (60-70 in PS). I know the saved image preview is in-camera corrected JPEG and I have my shooting option set for JPEG +FINE and RAW because on the road it is useful to have JPEGs. I don't use the special picture control settings but hadn't realized the D750 defaults to FLAT scene mode with no additional sharpness applied. The lcd screen has limited resolution so they must downsample the saved JPEG. When you start from a JPEG fine image there will be an overall look of softness because the amount of in-camera correction is conservatively limited for post processing JPEGS and not optimized for the LCD screen. Since I went into the photo and shooting menu and set picture control FLAT, sharpening 5, clarity +1, I'm now seeing 'sharper' previewed images. My test pictures were woodlands, grass and trees against a neutral sky. It never occured to me that I should fix the monitor preview. I read that picture control settings affect saved JPEGs but I'm not so worried about that as RAW is my post editing format. Applying picture controls to Movie mode needs to be tested and thought through but sharpening in the camera would reduce rendering load in movie editing. lcd monitors should not have corrections applied unless there is good reason, but I think I prefer to see more perceived sharpness similar to what I would apply in post on a RAW image.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="voxmagna, post: 555158, member: 38477"] I realize this in an older thread but I also had similar issues since getting my D750. I cut my teeth assessing HD TV high quality images and I'm climatized to what a sharp image should look like. But my D750 has always puzzled me over its apparent lack of sharpness and I've seen similar questions asked on other forums . All the contributions to this thread are relevant and I've been through most of them. But when I take shots and hit the 'OK' button on preview to zoom, I expect to see better sharpness from a Nikon camera and prime lens. I've tried near, far, tripod, fast shutter, several apertures and ISOs and the in camera previews all have the same foggy sharpness when zoomed in to check focus. I think I have now solved my 'problem'. When I bring RAW images into post and apply what seems like a lot of sharpness, I start to see image sharpness I would have expected. I think this is Nikons correct conservative approach, as long as you realize you need to add a lot of sharpness compensation (60-70 in PS). I know the saved image preview is in-camera corrected JPEG and I have my shooting option set for JPEG +FINE and RAW because on the road it is useful to have JPEGs. I don't use the special picture control settings but hadn't realized the D750 defaults to FLAT scene mode with no additional sharpness applied. The lcd screen has limited resolution so they must downsample the saved JPEG. When you start from a JPEG fine image there will be an overall look of softness because the amount of in-camera correction is conservatively limited for post processing JPEGS and not optimized for the LCD screen. Since I went into the photo and shooting menu and set picture control FLAT, sharpening 5, clarity +1, I'm now seeing 'sharper' previewed images. My test pictures were woodlands, grass and trees against a neutral sky. It never occured to me that I should fix the monitor preview. I read that picture control settings affect saved JPEGs but I'm not so worried about that as RAW is my post editing format. Applying picture controls to Movie mode needs to be tested and thought through but sharpening in the camera would reduce rendering load in movie editing. lcd monitors should not have corrections applied unless there is good reason, but I think I prefer to see more perceived sharpness similar to what I would apply in post on a RAW image. [/QUOTE]
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