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Film emulsions used to be less sensitive to light 150+ years ago, requiring slower shutter speeds, meaning everyone had to be super-still for like 3-10 seconds. To most light meters, the difference between mid-day outdoor lighting and indoor lighting is roughly 30-100 times less light (depending on flash availability), meaning the old hand-calculated shutter's close-open-close speed was much longer and quite imprecise. Lenses' optics were also simplistic and also contributed to blurriness; the typical camera lens in the last 80-100 years might have 5 to 20 different glass elements assisting with focus and color, while also reducing distortion, haze, vignetting, et cetera.It's adorable. I find it somewhat unbelievable given how long the exposure times of those old photos were. For example, the last one doesn't seem like a pose that would have been held for nearly long enough to be clear. It's hard to know though, because it's hard to know how old the photo is. A quick search didn't reveal a quick and obvious debunk.
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