Thanks David,
I read that bit. I still think his advice probably applies more to standard cameras. Did he mention specifically that he was recommending high levels of detail for non-AA filtered cameras? Because if he is, I would still disagree with him! I certainly am not saying you cannot get decent results by using high levels on the detail slider, but if you do want to go that way, you need tone the sharpening way back down into the lower levels (teens to 30s) otherwise things start looking freaky. Again, that’s just my taste, and I am sure it differs. But, here is an example, just so I can demonstrate what I am talking about. I am including 3 screen shots. The first sharpened the way I normally would, using 0 detail in the sharpening, and then two with 100% detail. One adjusted to eye again, and the other at the same sharpening level as it was with the detail at 0. I think the deconvolution sharpening can work well, but at least with the M9, it seems to be really aggressive and prone to artifacts. Again, I think this makes a lot of sense in that the M9 sensor type is very different from the vast majority of cameras, which is clearly what Lightroom’s deconvolution algorithms are designed to deal with.
