Very poor image quality from G1x MK 2 (in my opinion!)

Augustin Man wrote:

Ranlee wrote:

I don't care for DPP. The default sharpening is too strong and I think NR is a bit heavy also. Try this in DPP - import the raw file and backoff the sharpening to #1. Zero out fineness and threshold and in NR back off luminance to #1 and see how that looks to you. For me, that comes pretty close to the default LR output with 20 luminance NR added since there is none to begin with.

Similarily, the OOC jpg's are also too sharp in my opinion. If you are not shooting RAW you can use custom colors to turn that down and also you can and should (again in my opinion) turn NR to the lowest level. Unfortunately, doing so will not affect jpg output when shooting both Raw and Jpg. Canon could use a swift kick in the ass for continuing that nonsense. There is no reason I can see that jpg preferences shouldn't be implemented even when Raw and jpg are both being shot.

Anyway, try that with DPP and see if you think its better.

Thank you for confirming me that preventing JPEGs from custom settings when shot together with RAW is a general nonsense of Canon cameras. Owing an SX50, as I tried for the first time to shoot like this I was disappointed in the JPEG quality degradation; now I use JPEG for selecting my best shots only and it's a shame, because the JPEG engine is otherwise very good on that camera.

All the best,

Augustin

You're welcome.  The logic (or better yet, the lack thereof) has bugged me for years.  My GX7 and the LX7 I used to have manage just fine with both Raw and custom jpg's.