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Alternatives: DSLR Without Anti Aliasing Filter
With DSLRs moving up in resolution, the gap between 35mm DSLRs and the Leica S2 will only shrink.
But even today, there some alternatives that might provide a balance between the two, such as removing the anti-aliasing filter of a 35mm DSLR.
Absence of the anti-aliasing filter can be a problem too, be sure to see the reader comments about printing.
Update: the Nikon D800E (2012) and Nikon D810 (2014) both lack an anti-aliasing filter and thus offer mainstream out of the box solutions without an AA filter.
The “hot rod” alternative
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