Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Does anybody know how this works? As far as I remember, in digital sampling if the low pass filter is not applied before digitising it is not possible to separate valid data from aliasing artefacts. Frank On 11 Nov, 2004, at 06:20, Feli di Giorgio wrote: >> The moire filter is in software, not hardware. The idea behind this >> is to >> maximize image quality in most situations, and use the software moire >> filter >> only when nessesary, such as with fabrics or other fine patterns like >> distant picket fences. Other camera makers use a hardware moire >> filter >> which softens the image. > > Thanks Doug, sounds very encouraging. > > Canon uses a fairly aggressive hardware filter and people often > complain > that it results in softer images. > > Nikon's D70 uses a similar approach as Leica, resulting in very sharp > images, > but sometimes you have to massage the files a little more in your RAW > software. > Personally I think this is the way to go. I like to start out with as > much information > as possible from the capture device and fiddle with it myself. Imacon > is a very > experienced company and I'm sure they will get this right. > > Feli > > > _______________________________________________________ > feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 > www.elanphotos.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >