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Re:The rabbit hole of adding grain to digital photos is deep... by causi on Monday November 14, 2022 @05:56AM (#33592402)
it feels more ‘real’ when I can vicariously feel the experience involved.

That implies the opposite of what you enjoy. The original experience had no grain, had no hiss. It was pure and clear.

Re:The rabbit hole of adding grain to digital photos is deep... by nimbleal on Monday November 14, 2022 @10:02AM (#33594941)
Perhaps we’re looking for the feeling of memory or dream. I believe that’s why 24 fps persists in film, for example — because it’s less real in the immediate, analytical sense, but more real in that it feels closer in some undefinable way to the way we imagine or remember — or even perhaps in our non-analytical moments directly perceive — things to be