Why are pictures from 1960s/70/80s so clear?

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When I come upon old pictures of historic moments, like Buzz Aldrin’s space selfie, they look so clear and high quality. But I can’t say the same about things I come across from like the late 90s and 2000s.

Honestly, that selfie, if I hadn’t known from the caption/history, I would have assumed it was more recent or from a movie lol.

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Because they were taken on film instead of digitally. It took years for digital photography to catch up to the picture quality of high end film

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