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Originally Posted by mcapper
I also found the resultant tiff slightly softer than I thought it would be. Is this the software? I have the Canon 350D (Christmas present!) and kit lens which I've heard is a bit soft. Could it be that?
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I don't know about the 350D kit lens, although if you do not get the same problem shooting in jpg then that’s not the answer.
The other alternative is that the camera inbuilt algorithm for converting RAW to jpg will (usually) apply some sharpening, where as your RAW conversion software may not do so (automatically).
Adobe Camera RAW gives the option to set the amount of sharpening (and noise reduction) applied by the RAW conversion from nil to 100 (arbitrary units). I was taught to do noise removal as the first post processing process, and sharpening as the last. Therefore I have a level of noise removal set (dependant on the ISO I shot at) to be done by default when I convert, but no sharpening. When I have finished any retouching, I then apply sharpening in PS using Smart Sharpen before printing.
So it could be your tiff file just needs some modest sharpening applying – try unsharp mask or smart sharpen set somewhere between 75%-150% with the pixel radius set 0.5 – 1.0 pixels keeping the threshold at 0