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[-] ramble81@lemm.ee 20 points 11 months ago

Why does this picture feel like it’s incredibly sharp for 1935?

[-] cubism_pitta@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

Its amazing what a good camera + good lens + good film can do

Digitization results can also be pretty good if you have well preserved negatives

That said, beyond that statement I can't answer much more.

[-] bestagon@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

A lot of historical photos we seen were taken in situations where the photographer couldn’t meter for light or pull focus precisely without letting the moment slip away but film photography can look really good. All of these are much older than the 1930s

1919:

1917/18:

1919:

[-] bestagon@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

For some reason the last photo is being compressed down to 1MP. The version I have is 9MP and you must trust that it’s a good looking photo

[-] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I assumed it was AI enhanced

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