What does it mean Kodak Cameras over process

What exactly does this mean?

I had a Kodak 280 zoom and never seemed to need to have to do much tweaking
once on the PC. However I now own an Olympus 5060 and seem to need to do a
lot more tweaking. So I have set the camera so the saturation, sharpness and
contrast are all increased a little but wonder if I would be better, for my
next camera, going back to a Kodak as I really just want to take the shot
and have minimal fuss afterwards?

Ken

 

At least early Kodak P&S were known to have a high level of jpg compression
at even there best quality setting. Don't know about current models.

 

As I recall, there were no settings on this camera for resolution
(compression) except "high" and "standard". Using the high setting gave you
uncompressed jpegs, and combining this with the "quality" setting on "high"
gave you a 2.2 megapixel uncompressed image.

The lens was a superb Ektanar zoom lens which combined with the settings
above gave very good results up to about A4 size, or 10" by 8"

I still have my DC280, it cost £299 and was better than many modern plastic
fantastics. Built like a tank too!

 

This NG over a long period of time

Ken

 

I suspect I have used the wrong term for which I am sorry. By over process I
wasn't meaning compression but the other adjustments such as saturation,
sharpness, etc.

Ken

 

if the current camera can have the settings adjusted to get the look you
want, what is the problem? There is nothing wrong deviating from the
"default" settings. I have my E1 set for +1 on saturation and +2 on
sharpening when shooting jpegs.

 

I Loved my Kodak until it went slightly wrong and lost my confidence in it.
But had served me well for a number of years.

Ken

 

I have my camera set sat +3 & sharpness +2 and fairly happy with end results
but seems a mystery why I have read that ALL digital images need adjustment
on software.

Ken

 

Ken,

I have a Kodak DX7590 I found that the detail on bright objects was lost in the
images taken with this camera. The DX7590 has an electronic eyepiece that
I could see detail that was missing from the JPG image. For example the small black
feathers that are mixed in the white area's on Downy or Hairy woodpeckers
were missing but visible in the electronic eyepiece.

Most of the problems I have seen with this camera would have been fixable
with software changes.

The one thing I applaud Kodak for is making Ron Baird <>
available to answer questions on this group often in the face of unwarranted
criticism. I haven't seen a post from Ron for a month or two but he followed
up often with private email answers to a lot of questions on Kodak's
products.

w..

 

Many people digitally edit their images and sharpening should be done as the
LAST step for optimum image quality. Also people's taste varies and the
output devices vary so to get optimum end user quality, you have to play
with the settings. Kodak probably assumed people buying their cameras are
less likely to play with settings or digital editing so they cranked up the
default settings towards direct printing? Given they sell lots of
camera/printer combos, that makes sense.

 

Ron,

I agree. This was a software problem in the DX7590. There were two problems
1) A design issue of not having an option for less compression or RAW mode
and
2) The image was over compressed and there were bugs in the compression
implementation where more of the image detail was lost in bright (not saturated
white) areas than in other area's.

I have a lot of good things to say about the camera, I just wasn't too impressed
with the finish and choices made in the firmware.

w..

w..

 

Despite my moaning I have to say the shots I can turn out with my Olympus
5060 and before the Kodak 280 are far far better than the old fashioned
method using film with no choice on the adjustments and being reliant on the
quality of the photo lab on the day my films were in for processing. However
I am thinking of looking for my next camera but that is for another
day!!!!!!!!!!!

Ken