10-06-2010, 12:56 AM
[quote name='RussellB' timestamp='1286250567' post='3486']
That answers my question perfectly, and saves a lot of time and thought. If you took the anti-aliasing filter off of your 50D, and no angels appeared, then removing AA filters are not worth thinking about. Certainly a bit less blocky details in high-frequency parts of the image, only visible at huge magnification, are not worth pursuing by removing the AA filter, and needlessly creating moire problems in many different images.
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The way MPs are headed in Bayer CFAs, I'm sure there will come a time when the necessity to have an AA filter in lower-end DSLRs will be reduced. Maybe that's what manufacturers are trying to do, afterall? <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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[quote name='RussellB' timestamp='1286250567' post='3486']
Well maybe lots of hobbyists and intense artists are making huge prints for personal pleasure or special effects.
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For me, it's about making things challenging and getting it right. I don't crop images (or even rotate to fix verticals) or machine gun to capture action. I use only fast primes and I manual focus a lot, even action. I like high resolution because it's easier to get a shot in focus on a lower res camera than on a higher res one... it adds to the challenge like everything else <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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GTW
That answers my question perfectly, and saves a lot of time and thought. If you took the anti-aliasing filter off of your 50D, and no angels appeared, then removing AA filters are not worth thinking about. Certainly a bit less blocky details in high-frequency parts of the image, only visible at huge magnification, are not worth pursuing by removing the AA filter, and needlessly creating moire problems in many different images.
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The way MPs are headed in Bayer CFAs, I'm sure there will come a time when the necessity to have an AA filter in lower-end DSLRs will be reduced. Maybe that's what manufacturers are trying to do, afterall? <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />[quote name='RussellB' timestamp='1286250567' post='3486']
Well maybe lots of hobbyists and intense artists are making huge prints for personal pleasure or special effects.
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For me, it's about making things challenging and getting it right. I don't crop images (or even rotate to fix verticals) or machine gun to capture action. I use only fast primes and I manual focus a lot, even action. I like high resolution because it's easier to get a shot in focus on a lower res camera than on a higher res one... it adds to the challenge like everything else <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />GTW