If you are talking about normal stairstep aliasing which can really only be seen in these samples by using excessive zoom then I understand what he is talking about. All digital capture does this and digital capture made without AA blur filtering shows it more distinctly.
You can't describe other than 180, 90 or 45 degree angles with square "building blocks" without stairstep aliasing. It doesn't matter what the resolution, it only pushes the aliasing into smaller increments. The identical effect can be seen with even the 16 megapixel Canon 1DS Mark II when excessive zoom is used - especially this is visible when using bilinear zoom.
Normal prints from this image would show no visible stairstep aliasing at all. Extreme enlargements will, especially if viewed under magnification. This is quite normal for any digital capture but exacerbated with the absence of an AA blur filter. Not having an AA filter allows the beautiful clarity and sharpness these sensors are know for. Nothing in a CFA filtered image of similar capture resolution compares in my experience and the exceptional sharpness is a hallmark of the X3 processor.
The stairstep aliasing in the present samples is much less apparent than in previous X3 iterations by virtue of increased resolution. The same issues were leveled against the Kodak 14 megapixel cameras and in prints it was a non-issue just as I expect it to be from this camera.
I've printed literally thousands of X3 images and over 100 images from the SD14 and I see no evidence of "jaggies" in any of my prints unless printing at A3 or larger sizes and then only in specific types of photography such as architecture where there are man-made angles.
For those who prefer the AA filter, then my suggestion is to confine their photography to CFA based cameras. It's different strokes for different folks and there is nothing unexpected in these images.
Best regards,
Lin
There are clear aliasing artifacts in all of the sample images
posted in this thread.
I can't vouch for where or how they have come about, but they are
there.
And quite obvious, to me at least.
