Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank I know EXACTLY what you're talking about and the answer is: I don't know and the rep wasn't a software guy. He alluded to a few other cameras that don't have low-pass filters in the optical path, but I forget which ones they were. The example image they used was of a woman in a wedding dress where the veil, with it's myriad of tiny crossing lines, shows up with all sorts of rainbow artifacts. With the software filter in place that vanishes and is replaced by more of a blur. So, perhaps, they are doing in software what the filter does in the light-path, and smoothing pixels together in some sort of way, perhaps based upon...???? Hell, I don't know. But I think you're right -- they seem to be pushing the "rightness" of digital sampling. Adam On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:24:08 +0000, Frank Dernie <frank.dernie@btinternet.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >