Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Feb 07, 2012 at 04:33 PM -0600, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote: >But my thing is, why do they charge extra to leave this filter out? >Seems to me this would be a cost savings. I would buy one if I could >get most of my money in the D700 could be captured. ;) I can think of two reasons. One is that they expect to sell less of the D800E sensors, so they make less of them and the unit cost is higher. However, if you look at the 2nd image on the 3rd page of the dpreview preview [1], you'll see that the D800E actually still has an AA filter. However, instead of the second stage of the filter, they have a 'reversing' stage. If that diagram represents the reality of the technology (I make no claim to have 1st hand knowledge of this), then the D800E *does* have a filter pack on the sensor, and it might even be 'new' technology, costing more in R&D. Even if all that's true, the first point might also be true as well. And... they might feel like they can just charge more as well, just because :D [1]: http://www.dpreview.com/previews/nikond800/page3.asp