Why do some imported pictures in CS6 loose sharpness?

Hi,
New Photoshop CS6 user. I have a, new to me, Sony NRX 5-N camera. Just started using it and am very impressed with the sharpness of the images when viewed on my windows 8 picture viewer. When I open the same picture in Photoshop it is much less sharp loosing a bunch of detail.
Any idea what is causing what I am seeing?
Thanks for any advice,
Tom
Cape Cod

Good day!
One possibility might be that the viewer in question applies some sharpening.
If you save the fle in Photoshop, then view it in the picture viewer how does it look?
Regards,
Pfaffenbichler

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