Clarity
Options: –4 to +4
My preference: N/A
Leave it to Canon to add an often-misunderstood feature to their cameras, but not tell you what it is in sufficient detail. That’s why I’m here. Clarity is a contrast-adjustment process that concentrates on the mid-tones rather than the image as a whole. And, as I emphasized in Chapter 5’s discussion of autofocus, increased contrast translates into sharpness, and reduced contrast results in a blurrier appearance. However, Clarity adjustments—whether applied in-camera using this menu entry or in an image editor like Photoshop—differ from sharpness controls. Sharpness increases the contrast between all dark and light tones, while clarity increases the contrast only within the middle tones of the image. ...
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