for my last couple posts i did no sharpening at all. after the printing place pretty much roasted my post work technique and said there was an unusual amount of noise for a 6mp camera. so i decided to omit it from the routine and do only the minimal color or grayscale and curve adjustments. so far i'm pretty happy with the way they're turning out... the real test will be when i get them printed. thanks for the replay Pascal, i appreciate it!!! good to see you back btw:)!!! eb