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Hi guys
I'm new to the group, and with a cheapie Pentax optio l33, which as far as I
can gatheer is way down from anyone elses camera on this list.
However, i am hoping someone will be able to help me.
On the camera there are settings called soft setting, sharpness, contrast
and saturation.
Can someone please tell me what the soft setting does?
And what I should set the sharpness, contrast and saturation at. As well as
under what circumstances I should change these settings.

Thanks and cheers
Alan

Alan,

At a guess...these settings affect "what the camera does to your picture
after you have taken the shot".

When you take a photo...the ccd captures the picture...then the camera
processes this (raw) data. I guess it would use the settings "soft" when it
processes the data....to produce a soft picture...where as the sharpness
would increase the contrast (it bit like a photoshop filter).

That's my interpretation of it anyway!

So it's probably best to leave all the settings on normal/regular...then do
the effects you want on your computer

cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com