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Originally Posted by Alex1994
Don't see why anyone would want to sharpen the image at all. Every camera gives a satisfactorily sharp image. So many people do it and it looks completely wrong and artificial.
There, my opinionated 2p worth ;-)
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Cameras only sharpen images if you shoot in JPEG, in RAW you have to do it yourself or the images would look very flat. Anyway the default sharpening is only a best guess for an average scene for an average viewer so will not suit all pictures. In the good old film days when developing and printing your own you carefully chose the film and the developer to get the sharpness you wanted. People did not use 'universal' film and developer all the time. The opportunity to selectively sharpen different areas for pictorial effect is an added bonus.