A question about chimping

[Boris Liberman]

Thanks. But then again what are these settings of sharpening and 
contrast that you set so that histogram is as close as possible to the 
RAW data?

Boris

Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> If you leave the JPEG settings at full resolution and normal  
> defaults, approximately 8-12x will be close to 1:1 pixel resolution  
> for checking sharpness.
> 
> Since I capture exclusively in RAW format, I set JPEG settings to  
> minimum size, sharpening and contrast so that the histogram is as  
> close to what the RAW data should show as possible. 8x and the  
> preview JPEG is looking a bit blurred in this case.
> 
> So I rarely "chimp" at all ... I turn off auto-review. But I leave  
> histogram and saturation blinkies running when I do digital preview  
> for checking exposures intentionally.
> 
> Godfrey
> 
> 
> On Nov 13, 2007, at 9:30 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:
> 
>> I like chimping ;-). (Like - "I am alcoholic") But I am curious ;-).
>>
>> Well, seriously now. On K10D one may zoom in as much as 20x into the
>> image. Can anyone tell me what does it mean in terms of looking at the
>> photo on the computer screen? And what is K10D equivalent of 100%?
> 
>