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Re: [OM] A conspiracy?

Subject: Re: [OM] A conspiracy?
From: "John Cwiklinski" <plinkochips@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 12:58:12 -0500
Joe Gwinn wrote:

>> 
The theory does still hold.  Nor was it nonsense back then.

The issue is that if the resolution of the lens much exceeds the spacing 
between pixels (of the same color), it will allow moire beats (seen as color 
fringes) to happen whenever the pitch of some pattern in the subject happens to 
be more or less the same as and aligned with the pixel pattern of the CCD.  

In mathematical terms, what's happening is that the CCD "undersamples" the 
pattern in the subject, causing "aliasing" (those beats), and the only solution 
is to "low-pass filter" (blur) the image hitting the CCD chip.  The necessary 
blurring can be done in a number of ways.  
<<

I am not disagreeing with you Joe et al, but it would seem that an algorithm 
(software) would be able to sense and compensate to correct this problem, 
thereby making the "better" slr lens more practical for digital.

John Cwiklinski


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