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There has recently been a shift towards the use of large image format [[digital single-lens reflex camera]]s driven by the need for low-light sensitivity and narrow [[depth of field]] effects. This has led to such cameras becoming preferred by some film and television program makers over even professional HD video cameras, because of their 'filmic' potential. In theory, the use of cameras with 16- and 21-megapixel sensors offers the possibility of almost perfect sharpness by downconversion within the camera, with digital filtering to eliminate aliasing. Such cameras produce very impressive results, and appear to be leading the way in video production towards large-format downconversion with digital filtering becoming the standard approach to the realization of a flat MTF with true freedom from aliasing.
 
==Digital inversion of the optical transfer functionOTF==
Due to optical effects the contrast may be sub-optimal and approaches zero before the [[Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem|Nyquist frequency]] of the display is reached. The optical contrast reduction can be partially reversed by digitally amplifying spatial frequencies selectively before display or further processing. Although more advanced digital [[image restoration]] procedures exist, the [[Wiener deconvolution]] algorithm is often used for its simplicity and efficiency. Since this technique multiplies the spatial spectral components of the image, it also amplifies noise and errors due to e.g. aliasing. It is therefore only effective on good quality recordings with a sufficiently high signal-to-noise ratio.