Sharpening

[rhodeislandman]

Hi

I have a Nikon d40 X and I am tired of sharpening my images after the fact. Last week I went to a friends wedding and had 400 plus photos to sharpen. Now I have set the camera to max sharpness +2.. seems better but am I in for some unpleasant surprises? is there a better way to bulk process a bunch of jpegs with sharpening?

Thanks

[Juergen D]

Elements' Process Multiple Files has a Sharpen Quick Fix option. There are no controls.

IrfanView (http://www.irfanview.com) batch conversion lets you set the amount of sharpening.

Juergen

[rhodeislandman]

So How do I do a batch sharpening and is there any advantage to doing a bulk sharpening in Elements and is there any advantage to sharpening in camera?

[Juergen D]

IrfanView (http://www.irfanview.com) batch conversion lets you set the amount of sharpening.
;)

Juergen

[frank abramonte]

rhodeislandman, I would expect that camera to take sharp pictures.
Have you contacted Nikon?
Perhaps it needs servicing.

[Not4wood]

I would also like to ask you to post one or more if you can of your images so we could see what your complaining about.

Remember, just to keep things in proper perspective:

The nature of the beast, digital imaging from on screen to printer needs to be sharpened even just a little bit. Its part of the workflow and I think we all have to get used to it.

But, like Frank mentioned there might be something wrong with your equipment. Do you also have access to somebody elses camera to test your lens on it or even better try to put another lens on your camera and take a couple of shots to see if its as out of focus as yours.

Also, are u sure its not just out of focus but camera movement? I would still say to go back and try and post a couple of images here with the EXIF or shooting info so we could see whats going on.

Good luck.

[rhodeislandman]

Thanks for the help.. actually the image is sharp.. just not as sharp as I would like it to be so I either have to set the camera for for more sharpness or edit in the computer.

The problem is that while I enjoy editing for special pictures, sometimes I want to just shoot and forget the rest especially when its just ordinary pics of family gatherings and so on.. I just wondered if there is any disadvantage to letting the camera do it as opposed to spending time in Elements fiddling with each and every one.

[Not4wood]

Thanks for the help.. actually the image is sharp.. just not as sharp as I would like it to be so I either have to set the camera for for more sharpness or edit in the computer.

The problem is that while I enjoy editing for special pictures, sometimes I want to just shoot and forget the rest especially when its just ordinary pics of family gatherings and so on.. I just wondered if there is any disadvantage to letting the camera do it as opposed to spending time in Elements fiddling with each and every one.

Once you go to the next level of Advanced Color Management and have an advanced DSLR, Calibrating your Monitor, spending time and money on educating yourself into this amazing Art Form you get to the point of what you say. That every image needs to be tweaked, whether it be sharpness, color or cropped it all doesn't matter. Any easier way you ask, yeah there is called Batch Processing and whether you proceed to the CS Line (new version 4 is about to or already out) or Light Room it all doesn't matter. What is the real problem is you can never go back to Just taking an Image and sending it out to a regular Lab to do.