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The K3 III in the comparison tool

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flektogon
flektogon Veteran Member • Posts: 6,226
Re: It look's like....

Yes Jeremie, I agree with what you wrote:

To me it's very relevant what parameters a raw converter applies by default, exactly because as you said it's the reference you start from. If it's f**** because the raw converter applied crazy sharpening generating awful artifacts, then it's a problem and exactly what you want to avoid when you shoot RAW.

But at first let's assume that no photo editor opens a raw file such a way that it is already damaged.

So, it opens the raw file and will show you a picture. And yes, this is the starting point of your process. Once you have a likeable result, you will save it. If you save it as a jpeg file (what I am doing), all those parameter values you used (like the sharpening amount) are irrelevant, they won't be saved as a part of the jpeg data! Only if you save your processed image as another (or replacing original) raw file, those processing parameters will be saved, as the original data taken from the sensor won't be touched at all.

And that's it. So, the conclusion of this entire debate is, that it is irrelevant how your (renowned) editor opens the raw file, you should be able to process it to whatever result you want to get!

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Regards,
Peter

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