"Bruce" wrote in message
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Not so. With an AA filter the results will be more accurate, but will
appear /less/ "sharp". This has been explained many times.

But always in theory, and never on the basis of images that tell a
very different story to the ones that theorists peddle.

Plenty of published images tell the tale.

Perhaps one day you will be able to own some of the professional grade
equipment that you pontificate about. Perhaps then you will be able
to tell us the truth based on what you see, rather than what your
precious theories tell you might be the case, but isn't.

Not for the first time, I caution you about extrapolating your limited
experience of using junk zoom lenses on an obsolete consumer-grade
DSLR into areas that are far beyond your practical knowledge of
photography. Of course your *theoretical* knowledge knows no bounds,
but when applied to the real world, it is just plain wrong.

You don't seem to appreciate that aliasing is /more/ likely on lower
resolution sensors, and therefore the choice of AA filter strength was
arguably more important in the past than is is today, as the sensor's
resolution approaches and perhaps surpasses that of the lens.

As I already said, if you prefer images without an anti-alias filter, that
is your prerogative, and with the Nikon D800E you can now fulfill that
desire, so there is no need for your personal attacks.

Cheers,
David