Why old Black & White films and TV seem to have better picture resolution than stuff filmed in the 80s and 90s?

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Why old Black & White films and TV seem to have better picture resolution than stuff filmed in the 80s and 90s?

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There’s a similar thing with photography. My work involves me reviewing historical aerial photographs, and you start with like crystal clear photos in the 1950’s through the 1970’s, and then the 80s are insanely blurry, don’t get good resolutions again until like like past the 2010’s, due to the shift from like, actual aerial photography versus beginning to implement digital satellite imagery, which needed to be refined and improved for like thirty or forty years.