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Sony RAW Import Always Has Sharpness = 40

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August 10, 2018
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Since using my new Sony A7 R III (42MP), I now notice when I import my RAW photos, they

automatically show a sharpness value of "40". I am not telling in to sharpen as a import preset,

they just show up this way. I usually sharpen myself.

My older Sony camera A6300 (24MP) did not do this, was always 0 and I sharpened it.

Can somebody explain to me what is going on and what this means?

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Correct answer JP Hess

That means that when Adobe created the default settings for your camera Adobe determined that was a good starting point for sharpness when they created the default settings. If that isn't suitable in your situation, then create your own default settings.

jjmaia

Inspiring

I am having the same issue and this is completely ridiculous! Why would they change what worked ok and make it complicated? I was unwhare of this change and now I have tons of photos of 40 sharpness aplied wich ruined all of them!

Before it was so much easier, just ALT and press a button and all new importes would have sharpness 0!

Marko Subotin

Inspiring

and as I can see, my sharpness is back to 40 after I've edited RAW DEFAULTS. Maybe when they update the program it goes back to 40? 😕😕

JP Hess

Inspiring

I personally like the method outlined in this video. I'm kind of a slow learner, and I had to watch it a couple of times to fully understand it. But it works for me.

Setting camera defaults in Lightroom Classic

Marko Subotin

Inspiring

Yeah, thats for LR i use Bridge and CR. I've tried just now to change setting in CR to use my camera settings and Sharpness is still at 40 grrrr

Rob_Cullen

Community Expert

Set your defaults in ACR in Photoshop- (See the link)

In Ps Menu: Edit > Preferences > Camera Raw

Create a Preset with Sharpness set as you want it and make the Preset your camera default.

The method is the same in both ACR and LrC Preferences- As in the link given by Jim Hess.

More detail is given in the Blog from Julianne Kost-

ACR v12.3 RAW DEFAULTS Julieanne Kost's Blog

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .

Marko Subotin

Inspiring

How do we do that?

cmgap

Community Expert

40 is the default - if you find that you start out with a different setting you can create an import preset with that adjustment.

JP HessCorrect answer

Inspiring

That means that when Adobe created the default settings for your camera Adobe determined that was a good starting point for sharpness when they created the default settings. If that isn't suitable in your situation, then create your own default settings.

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