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Old 10-08-2010, 10:54 AM
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Mario..the UV/IR filter helps anti-blooming of the CCD sensor..specifically the UV wavelengths.

Oh..and keeps dust of the sensor. Its common practice to use a UV/IR filter on all naked sensors...unless you want to pick up those emissions.
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