Use of "Lenna" image in computer image processing research stretches back to the 1970s.
    • ExcursionInversion@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      it seems difficult to argue that a 512 × 512 image produced with a 1970s-era analog scanner is the best we have to offer as an image quality test standard

      This is the part I don’t get. How has the picture not changed with the times due to camera advances.

      • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Same reason the length of a meter hasn’t changed despite measurement advances. It was used as a benchmark.