Digital Camera Sharpness and Noise on high [eg 8mp] MP digital cameras: Lack of sharpness: "Of course this has nothing to do with any lack of resolution, but rather with the fact that these particular files need an appropriate amount of USM [un-sharp-mask?] to look their best, and the amount they need tends to be at least 50% higher than one might be used to from other cameras"

so basically, 8mp digital cameras aren't as sharp as they should be, because they have to compensate for the higher amount of noise they produce... after that paragraph look at the "workflow" bit! he's doing a HUGE amount of processing in order to get the image he wants!