Originally posted by TonyTurley What settings do you folks use on your Q? I typically use Av, and the color balance usually seems a bit askew. Many of your shots look sharper, too
I'm still experimenting, but I've come to the conclusion that either letting the camera add sharpening/contrast by processing in camera or adding it yourself with your RAW software of choice is necessary to get really good results. It's not that the camera and lenses are not good optically. It's just that the sensor is not the type to produce a lot of contrast without prcessing. Of course, it also helps to shoot at a low ISO and a wide enough aperture to prevent much diffraction. Of course nobody but you can rule out the possibility of technical issues with a certain camera or lens.
I see the potential to shoot in RAW and process many alternate ways in camera as being quite useful to help you get just the shot you want. In my view perhaps the biggest drawback to the Q7 over my APS-C cameras is reduced dynamic range, but you can work with it, and the in camera HDR can help as long as you can live with a jpeg instead of a RAW shot.