Leica rangefinders never had the AA filter and therefore had better fine detail; however, the M8's did have a problem with moire and magenta casts which the AA filter fixes. Leica came out with special filters to use on the front of the lens to remedy this. By the time they came out with the M9, sensors had improved so that a very, very thin AA filter could be used with did not interfere with the fine detail but also remedied the moire problem. I assume the other camera manufacturers are catching up and using improved sensors that either don't need an AA filter or use a very thin one.
Tina
On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 9:16 AM,
<PhotoRoy6@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Nikon put out the D800 E and Pentax put out the K-5 IIs. Pentax say
"Anti Aliasing filterless design achieves superior resolution for rich,
detailed imagery at supreme resolution"
If this is so good why do previous digital cameras come out with
anti aliasing filter and why can one get away without the filter
now?
Roy
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