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Originally Posted by drcy
Resolution is very relevant to identifying an original versus reproduction. However, some processes, including albumen, can fade with age. The other problem with more modern photos is that they can be slightly blurry due to the photographer not having it in focus.
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Modern photos, as you well know, are 35mm. Newspaper photographers went to 35mm, I believe in the late 60's, while photos from Babe Ruth's days were all 4 x 5 - which made for much better resolution. I have many baseball photos from the 70's and they all, to me, look like crap even though they're all original.
It's all about the paper it seems to me. The photo itself can easily be faked.
Scan of original 1970's photo from 35mm negative
mark fidrych.jpg
4 x 5 negative scanned
marlin stuart1.jpg