Digital BW, The Print

Steve et al,

I've been trailing this thread with some interest, and would like to 
clarify...

If I aggregate everything you have said, I _think_ you are really 
expressing dissatisfaction with the Photokit Sharpener "Capture 
Sharpening" when used with the 1Ds MkII, correct?

Many of the response postings on this thread seem to be suggesting 
general sharpening approaches, probably better suited for final-use 
(i.e., print, etc.) sharpening, as opposed to the much more subtle 
capture process counteraction sharpening done by the Photokit Capture 
Sharpener.

The clarification is relevant for anyone who has adopted the 
three-phase sharpening workflow afforded by the Photokit Sharpener 
tools, like myself.

If the clarification is correct, then I am very interested in what you 
learn, Steve, from Bruce Fraser on this topic. I myself am a recent 
convert from the 1Ds to the 1Ds MkII, and I agree that the Photokit 
Capture Sharpener (Hi-Res Digital) seems to be less effective for the 
capture sharpening stage with the 1Ds MkII than it did with the 1Ds. I 
wasn't sure if it was my imagination, or just the nature of the images 
I had tested, and I had not done exhaustive testing, but my impression 
was that perhaps the Photokit Capture Sharpening toolset needed another 
update to accommodate the 1Ds MkII.

Please update the group on what you learn from Bruce, and let me know 
if I can help get to the bottom of this. I really appreciated Photokit 
Sharpener's sharpening workflow approach with my 1Ds, and hope to 
maintain its benefits with the 1Ds MkII as well.

Regards,
/eddie

On Apr 28, 2005, at 12:26 PM, Steve Kale wrote:

> Ok I am not happy with Photokit Sharpener and the images from my 1Ds 
> MKII and would
> be very interested in hearing from any other owners of this camera as 
> to their sharpening
> workflows (packaged or manual).  There is some discussion here

On Apr 28, 2005, at 1:48 PM, Steve Kale wrote:

> I am only using the capture and output sharpening.  I find the capture
> sharpening is great with film but awful with digital.  It makes a mess 
> of
> skin for example.  Plus I find the 1Ds MKII requires a reasonably high
> amount of sharpening.

On Apr 29, 2005, at 12:29 PM, Steve Kale wrote:

> I have raised my issues with Photokit (it seems I am not alone) on the
> PixelGenius forum and Bruce Fraser has asked for more info.