"Bruce" wrote in message
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You're wasting your breath, Rich, by arguing with people who postulate
from theory but don't ever seem to look at the images being discussed.

They argue that a DSLR with an AA filter gives sharper and more
detailed results than one without despite the evidence of images that
show the complete opposite.

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

They argue that people who buy a DSLR without an AA filter will
forever be plagued with moire and aliasing, when the truth is that
these affect only a tiny proportion of images, in all probability less
than 1%, and can be easily avoided or, in extremis, dealt with in
post-processing.

The way they talk, you would think that 99% of images were thus
affected when the truth is the complete opposite.

With the higher resolution of the sensor, you will be less likely to see
aliasing, so if your experience is with top-end high megapixel cameras,
and others are comparing their results using lower megapixel count
cameras, it's hardly surprising that aliasing is more of a problem for
them.

Some of the effects produced by aliasing /cannot/ be removed by
post-processing, without compromising the rest of the image.

In any case, you now have the choice with the D800E - to have a camera
with "no" anti-alias filter, should you prefer the results.

David