Jacken’s Blog

I usually use Nik Sharpener before I print photographs on my Epson printer because it really makes the pictures snap sharp. But after upgrading my camera body to a Canon 20d something is wrong. Nik Sharpener has a great feature where it checks your settings to ensure that your picture and print size has resolution enough to print a sharp picture. But if I open up a picture that I took with my Canon EOS 300d body (a six megapixel camera) and set it to a specific size and resolution, Nik Sharpener tells me that it’s optimal size and that the picture is going to be sharp. If I open a picture taken with my Canon EOS 20d body, and set that picture to exactly the same print size (but naturally with higher dpi because this is eight megapixel body) I get a message that the picture is being printed at 260% of the optimal size, and that it’s going to be blurry.

I’m guessing it’s a bug in Nik Sharpener.