Most digital cameras from the 2000s and 2010s are equipped with an optical element called an optical low-pass filter (OLPF), also known as an anti-aliasing (AA) or blur filter.
As the name "filter" suggests, this optical element filters out some information coming from the imaged scene.
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Canon has patented a variable optical low-pass filter, or (OLPF) which uses the autoexposure sensor to change the low-pass effect up or down. Patent Publication No. 2016-173437 (Google Translated) Published 2016. canonrumors.com »
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