What's the current thinking on LR sharpening settings for m43 sensors

jsaras wrote:

I've come across varying ideas as to what the best approach for capture sharpening for m43 sensors (I have an Olympus E-PL6 FWIW). Does the 16 megapixel sensor and the pixel density require that one stay within certain amount, radius and detail boundaries? I'm fully aware that these settings are subject and ISO dependent. I'm just wondering if there's technical reasons for doing or not doing certain things.

For overall sharpening, I will usually go for a fairly high mask value (80-100) by holding Alt key then adjusting slider until only only the relevant detail is masked. Then repeat with the other sliders, again holding the Alt key to view the masked results. By masking, I can often use sharpness from 50-70 without increasing noise much at all, although often sharpness from 25-40 is plenty, as I try to avoid the over-sharpened look. Radius is usually 0.9, and detail from 25-50, although again, noise will increase with higher detail.

I sometimes find that if only a portion of the photo needs significant sharpening, I am better off to use a local adjustment tool along with sharpness/clarity just to tweak that area.

I will usually sharpen first, then add some NR if the sky or shadows are noisy, but otherwise avoid NR until ISO 400+

Bear in mind that this is all for screen images - I have not made any prints for a while, although I am planning to soon.