Good quality JPEGs from K10D-try this

[*isteve]

I dont shoot JPEG that often, but I have noticed that using natural mode with -3 sharpness and then adding Benjakins sharpening (0.3 radius 250 %) then radius 2 25% produces very sharp results but with less artifacts than in-camera sharpening.
There is NO loss of detail using sharp -3, in fact I think it preserves more fine detail on edges which the (comparatively) high radius setting of the in-camera sharpening tends to mess up.
You can try it too - you may try different settings to mine - but the results I get are excellent.
Here is a 100% crop, sharpness-3, then sharpened in PS, then in camera sharpened +3 - note that contrast is about the same, but detail is smoother and better defined with less haloing (check the grill on the front of the police van) and noise is lower...

sharpness Photo Gallery by Steve Jacob at pbase.com

Overall I would not hesitate to use this mode if I planned to post process the JPEGs, as there is considerably less noise in the -3 natural JPEG which makes all the other PP steps easier.

[arbutusq]

Very nice. I am going to give this a try on my K100D and see how the results look.

[WildSioux]

I know this is an old thread and most probably shot in raw. But what is the general consensus with these settings? I have been using natural mode set to sharpness +2 (now +1), Saturation +1, and Contrast -1.

Today when I go out and shoot I am going to try this Sharpness -3 and leave the others as is. Since I post process my jpegs to bring the levels, brightness, and contrast up if needed I will then just have to use a little USM to bring the sharpness up.