Maes
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Enjay said:
[Blade Runner Enhance Scene]
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That scene, in all of its 80s sci-fi naivete, is actually much more credible than the modern NCIS/CSI crap: if I recall correctly, the device Deckard is using is actually a sort of standalone scanner + TV combo (it was fed an actual printed photo, IIRC).
Anyone familiar with traditional photo prints knows that the equivalent "megapixel" resolution of a standard photo developed from a 35mm negative is in the order of 20-30 MP (a goal that only recently has been reached by digital cameras, and then only by cheating) and it was no unusual to ask the photographers back in the day to "zoom in" e.g. somebody's face and then make a full-size portrait from it.
The most interesting aspect of the scene, IMO, is that the device portrayed would be -at least partially- feasible even with 80s technology (if it was not an actual device, camouflaged for a more futuristic look). The only thing they lacked is, I think, scanner sensors in the Kdpi range, but that could be compensated by using lens. After all, there were "video microscopes" back then. Of course, they hadn't a fancy voice control interface ;-)
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