Out of cam JPEGS?

[mujana]

I posted the same question on DPR.
I'm still learning to get the best RAW converter for my E-3. In the meantime I shoot RAW + Large JPEG.
What are your settings on the E-3?
Some of mine are: gradation normal / noise filter off / vivid / saturation 0 / sharpness 0.
Any better ideas? (I thought I read somewhere that you, Paul, had your settings on -2 (saturation/sharpness?)?

[Raist3d]

It really depends what you are trying to do. I normally shot NATURAL, saturation +1, noise filter off. Sometimes I shoot vivid, vivid saturation at + 1.

I turn SAT on or off depending the situation.

- Raist

[Paul Shields]

I found that I preferred -2 on both sharpness and contrast. They're easy to add later, whereas if it's a bit too contrasty or sharp out of camera then you've got more of a problem later. I've also found that the Auto gradation is similar - it'll often boost noise in shadows and that'll mean more work later. Shadow/Lightness in Photoshop is much more powerful and is obviously non-destructive, so I keep it set to normal.

In the end a lot of things that will affect the JPEG image can be done better in a proper editor setting - and obviously with the important ability to undo anything if you don't like it. Not that I'm a pure JPEG shooter - though I tend to have RAW + superfine JPEG as my default setting these days purely due to the much larger capacity CF cards we now have at our disposal.

[Mr. Pickles]

I read that the settings exist for two reasons. One to allow individual preference for the camera user. The second for the fact that all the cameras/sensors they make are not exactly the same.

I would think the later is a smaller variable (okay, I hope it is), but I can see some thinking there...