Originally posted by leekil If you view at more than 100%, you will get the block/pixelated effect. This is *always* the case. If you think it didn't happen before, you are mistaken. (Or maybe you are the one trolling, not everyone else trolling you?) Pixelshift increases clarity, but it doesn't increase resolution "Above 100%".
No trolling here, otherwise I am putting in a lot of effort into this troll!
I think there is just confusion over terminology here (an error on my part). What I am learning is that I have several different programs for processing RAW, CD5 (Silkypix Camera Digital 5, bundled with K-1) does the worst job of redendering the raw DNG file, and it gets worse the more you zoom in. The 100% zoom of the CD5 vs the 100% zoom of the same file in Photoshop is vastly different in what I see during editing. The photoshop version is clean with very little 'pixelation' to see at this amount of zoom, the same cannot be said in CS5, and LR is somewhere between those two programs.
The macroblocking 'square patchwork' effect seen in CD5 above on the mail box is virtually unrecognizable on Photoshop at the same zoom, and a little more noticeable but still acceptable in LR.
I've been Pixelshifting (PS) a few images this weekend and from what I can tell after reviewing the images is that the macroblocking squarepatchwork effect is part of the PS Motion correction aspect, or rather the shot was not well taken (if MC is off) and basically even a still object like a mailbox there was still somehow movement during the shot (despite a 2 second timer and ES on :S
I took PS shots of the gorge i live near on the weekend, large boulders came out fine, but the water and some tree leaves (where movement would exist) would have this macroblocking effect going on.
Originally posted by D1N0 It's just that resolution isn't 100% on a single bayer image because of de-mosaicking interpolation.
I think i kinda understand this, but if you want to dummy that comment down I would appreciate it
Originally posted by pinholecam You should use Raw Therapee for the PS images.
So far, its the best RAW processor for it.
The Pixel Shift Diaries
There the Squirrel Mafia RT thread on pentax forums too.
Yes, I was playing with RT last night, it's Automatic correction mode is amazing, unlike CD5 it really seems to erradicate the macroblocking effect very well whilst keeping sharpness intact on the areas of the shot that had no movement to begin with.