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Originally Posted by GEli
People moaning about the default settings not providing the best possible image quality make me wonder if they've ever ventured into their menus and noticed that most all JPEG image parameters are adjustable to a huge degree.
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It comes from an obsession with sharpness, which is the most easily measured aspect of lens/image quality. And since you can measure it, it ends up highly prized by those in favor of objective, "scientific" reviews — even though other more subjective factors may be more important for real photographs. Pentax apparently uses a sharpening algorithm which prioritizes texture over edge sharpness, and that makes reviewers looking for edge sharpness score the JPEGs poorly.
They learned their lesson, though, and the K20D (and presumably the K200D) has a separate setting for edge sharpening.