“i am aware that this can also be done in photoshop”

The image that comes straight from the camera is inherently un-sharp. You can tweak the sharpness setting once when shooting JPEGs and any time you want when shooting in RAW mode but leave the sharpening to the very last stage of your work flow.

Maverick 11

I have had similar problems with my (admittedly lower-spec) EOS350D, which I initially put down to use of budget-built “kit” lenses from my older EOS350 35mm kit. However, based on other comments on threads on here I started tweaking a couple of my soft shots using the “sharpen” function on some fairly basic image-editting software that came bundled with my old Fuji S5600 digicam. The improvement is quite marked on shots taken with the EOS350D, so I guess a better package such as Photoshop would be even better.

Of course, a decent lens and half-decent light will give me an even better starting point.

Paul F

Paul F