In-Camera Moire/Aliasing Filter for the 5DmkII (and soon 7D)

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robotsound

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This looks really promising. Someone has created an in-camera filter to prevent moire and aliasing. It goes behind the lens but in front of the sensor, and is removable when shooting stills. Priced at $385, and not yet in wide release. The initial model is designed for the 5DmkII, but they are working on a 7D version as well.

http://philipbloom.net/2011/08/19/moire-2/
 
Well, not bad. Expensive, but not bad. Do they ever talked about making one that fits on more "entry-levels" like T2i or T3?
 
I believe they need to adjust the filter strength for APS-C cameras, since pixel density is different. Mechanically... they may or may not be compatible (we'll see). But if there will be enough demand, I'm sure they will make one for entry levels too.

... if not, get a T3i and use the 3x zoom mode :)
 
if this development had come about a year or two ago when everyone had a canon, they possibly could have gotten rich as hell.
 
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They can still get rich as hell. Not everyone wants to pay for a new camera when they can fix the shortcomings of what they have already for a modest price.
 
Well it depends on just how much better the next round of Canon (and other) DSLRs are -- it might almost be a bit like marketing a fix to make standard definition look better just before affordable HD cameras came on the market -- why bother? But if the new cameras are just an incremental change, this fix might be a useful improvement for folks who don't just grab the newest thing that comes along.
 
it looks fine, but it's two years late: what I want now is the next generation of DSLRs to be out soon, without line skipping at all

edit: if the next generation doesn't solve these issues, though, I'd be happy to keep my 550D and add something like this
 
I don't think the 5D III will be all that better for video simply because they're going to be increasing the MP count into the high 20's or maybe even low 30s.

So, we're either going to get massive aliasing/moire, or they're going to downscale well... but that may lead to overheating problems. Downscaling in real time from 30mp to 2mp without moire/aliasing takes some processing power.

Because of that, I'm going to predict that:

This filter + 5D II > 5D III

for video
 
Cool product - I can see this being extremely useful to certain 5D users.
We know it's essentially yet another product that's fixing a problem that shouldn't have existed in the beginning... But if it allows some people to put off upgrading yet again over a technicality, thus keeping an otherwise very capable bit of equipment, then bravo!
 
Don't forget how excited all the D90 users were when the D7000 was announced....

Doing an APS-C sized filter could potentially broaden the market and bring the price down as well. I don't feel this is late to the game at this point - I've got no need to upgrade my DSLR at this time, and we'll have to see what badassness comes from Canon. And even if the 5DII is an amazing upgrade, there are big chunks of the indie, beginner and working markets that may not see the features as worthy of dropping a couple grand... unless they're amazing features.
 
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