Olympus C 7070 WZ .raw format trouble

[zhuk]

Hi everyone.

I have this trouble with my camera.
Whenever I try to edit .raw images in photoshop CS2 with the latest raw plugin, my images are a little blurry.

Now, I don't have that same problem in Olympus master, nor when I used this nifty little program called Capture One Pro.
But, I really like photshop and I was wondering if anyone has any solution to this.
As an example, here are 2 variations of the same picture converted to .jpeg, one with photoshop the other one from olympus master


www.img85.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kirpicholympusmasterforw3mj.jpg

www.img422.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kirpichphotoshopforweb6xo.jpg

[pip22]

Sorry zhuk, couldn't access your images so can't comment on them. However, Capture One is far superior for RAW processing than the PS plug-in, and it's for this reason most serious users use a separate application (like Capture One) to process and convert raw images, then switch to Photoshop only after conversion (you can convert a whole batch of images first in Capture One) to apply any other enhancements and (optionally) print them.

Also, if you intend to edit raw images in PS after conversion, you ought to really convert them to TIFF in Capture One (preferrably 16-bit) as this lends itself to contrast/levels adjustment without leaving gaps in the histogram as you get with JPEG files. Those gaps represent missing image data and lower tonal range. You can always convert to jpeg if you need to AFTER you've finished all image adjustments.

To my mind, if you're gong to convert from RAW to jpeg, there's little point in shooting RAW at all. You may as well shoot jpegs in camera and save yourself some post-processing time. But if you prefer shooting RAW, at least make full use of it and convert to 16-bit tiff for the best possible preservation of image data during editing.

[zhuk]

Thank you very much for your reply. I appreciate your time.
What I have discovered, is that Photoshop CS2 raw converter has an autosharpening option, which is not very good. That was my trouble, I could not find the option of turning it off.

Also I'd like to thank you for your advice. I am going to try the way you described with 16 bit Tiff.