The Nikon D800 is rumored to be available with and without the AA filter. I have googled this and after reading am still a bit confused. Can anyone explain.
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The Nikon D800 is rumored to be available with and without the AA filter. I have googled this and after reading am still a bit confused. Can anyone explain.
Thanks
An AA (anti-alaising) filter is used to prevent a moire pattern from showing up on items with fine details (like cloth mostly). I myself wouldn't buy one without an AA filter because while its easy to sharpen an image to make it pop, its almost impossible to remove a moire pattern.
MFDBs do not have AA filters because the manufacturers can't afford to make them, not because it's the intelligent engineering decision. I bet Fuji opted to only fix moiré and not any other aliasing in the Pro1 because photographers obviously like having false detail, thinking it's evidence of better sharpness and resolution.
There's a post/thread that just went up at NikonRumors discussing the same issue. I'm a bit torn myself, but the deciding factor (for me) will most likely be the degree of the cost difference between the two.
Seems to work OK for Leica on the M9...
Seems to work OK for Leica on the M9...