• ExcursionInversion@lemmy.world
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    9 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.

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      9 months ago

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