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Re: [OM] Olympus E-M1 II Review: Preview

Subject: Re: [OM] Olympus E-M1 II Review: Preview
From: Don Holbrook <donholbrook@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 16:10:53 -0400 (EDT)
neither do I, but I'm already leaning.............

> 
>     On September 23, 2016 at 11:50 AM Chuck Norcutt 
> <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>     Thanks. I feel better. But I still don't know when it's coming or how
>     much it costs.
> 
>     Chuck Norcutt
> 
>     On 9/22/2016 3:58 PM, Moose wrote:
> 
>         > > 
> >         On 9/22/2016 3:49 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> > 
> >             > > > 
> > >             Deal breaker?
> > > 
> > >             --------------------------------------------------------------
> > >             The Olympus E-M1 II's image sensor is not overlaid with an 
> > > optical
> > >             low-pass filter, so per-pixel resolution should be maximized, 
> > > although
> > >             this will be at the expense of an increased risk of moiré and 
> > > false
> > >             color artifacts.
> > > 
> > >         > > 
> >         This is not new. The E-M5 II also has no AA filter. This is 
> > necessary
> > 
> >         for the HR Mode to work:
> > 
> >         --------------------------------------------
> >         On 9/20/2016 12:07 PM, Moose wrote:
> >         Oly's current solution is to use low enough rez sensors to get away
> >         without moire with no AA filter, then use sub pixel movements of the
> >         sensor to make very high rez composite images with no moire at all 
> > and
> >         better color accuracy.
> > 
> >         . . .
> >         With the E-M1 II, they have wisely stayed away from the 24 MP many 
> > were
> >         hoping for. I hope it turns out that moire with the 20 MP sensor is 
> > at
> > 
> >         worst only minor.
> > 
> >         --------------------------------------------
> >         After writing that, i remembered that the Pen-F is already 20 MP. 
> > DPR says:
> > 
> >         "One of our concerns about the Olympus E-M5 II was that, in an age 
> > where
> >         24MP is commonplace, its 16MP sensor seemed a bit behind the times. 
> > The
> >         PEN-F addresses this with a jump to 20MP. In Raw, detail is properly
> >         resolved without aliasing to roughly Nyquist / √2, which is normal 
> > for a
> >         Bayer type sensor and gives the 12% increase in linear resolution 
> > that
> >         we'd expect to see from a 16 to 20MP jump."
> > 
> >         My own reading of the DPR test images is the Pen-F has slightly 
> > better
> >         rez with slightly more moire, but not objectionable, so it's a good
> >         compromise. The E-M1 II should be fine.
> > 
> >         N. A. A. Moose
> > 
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