FZ5 and Sharpening

[kpdesigns]

I read in several reviews that the FZ5 oversharpens images. Is this something I should be worrying about? I plan to keep image prints mostly 4x6.

Thanks for the help.

[Glasco]

I read in several reviews that the FZ5 oversharpens images. Is this something I should be worrying about? I plan to keep image prints mostly 4x6.

Thanks for the help.

Don't worry about that, it's true that the FZ5 tend to oversharpen pictures, but this doesn't bother me when I use mine : it makes minor scale effects on the brigth edge of objects, but nothing too bad.

If you print 4x6 you won't see it.

It it's a concern for you, the FZ5 has an option to soft the pictures (put it on "natural" mode).

Go ahead : buy this fabulous FZ5. Or might you prefer the FZ4, as it should have less noise (same ccd size but 1M less pixels).

[Balrog]

In fact, if you don't plan to post-process your images, the extra sharpening would probably HELP your prints -- too much sharpening looks terrible onscreen, but actually helps the print look sharper unless you REALLY go overboard.