Why do photos from the 30’s and 50’s look so much more realistic than modern photos



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Why do photos from the 30's and 50's look so much more realistic than modern photos? and got a better answer

Response from Антон Владимирович[+++++]
Even the film of those years has a wider dynamic range than today's soapbox sensors. And the lenses of old cameras are closer to the eye than those of cell phones. But pro equipment still shoots better now, and much better?

Response from 0[+++++]
Even the film of those years has a wider dynamic range than today's soapbox sensors. And the lenses of the old cameras are closer to the eye than the photomodules of cell phones. But pro equipment still shoots better now, and much better.

Response from 0[+++++]
Because at that time every other schoolboy with a shitty camera didn't consider himself a professional photographer.

Response from 0[+++++]
Because the digital equivalent of the easiest film device costs at least 90,000 rubles and not everyone can afford it. I would say modern technology only lowers the quality, with an unrealistic increase in price!

Response from 0[+++++]
Back then, only those who could take pictures did. Because at that time you didn't just shoot a picture, you had to think it over, because it wasn't that easy to crop and crop everything. Film cost money. Even if it cost 35 kopecks, it cost a lot of time in the bathroom under a red light. Those whose hands were crooked quickly gave it up. It turns out that then the yield of high-quality photos was just more. And they saved photos from the 50s and 60s. only the best ones. In 50 years, the photos that will be left of us will also look good. Natural selection will pass and UG will not be preserved

Response from 0[+++++]
It's hard to say with what, but it's probably German film! Ours was creepy in color!

Response from 0[+++++]
There were only 36 frames in the film. And EVERY shot was taken thoughtfully, with an approach. Now, with the advent of digital in photography, with the absolutely penny prices of nazifromovis and reasonable prices of entry level mirrorcars, people IMMEDIATELY CLICKING and filling gigabytes of flash drives with useless garbage.

Response from 0[+++++]
I have only one guess - you're comparing with the wrong modern photos. And there are plenty of pictures now of people as if they were alive.

Response from 0[+++++]
Hard to add to what Andrei and Ilya K said.

 

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