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Re: A sextant in (not so) ancient Britain
From: Sean C
Date: 2024 Nov 22, 18:02 -0800
From: Sean C
Date: 2024 Nov 22, 18:02 -0800
Frank,
You wrote: "By the way, a 2000x2000 pixel image from early 1960s television in the UK?! That's 4K four decades before Y2K. Heh. Must have been a still camera shot for publicity..."
Probably. Another possibility is that the original film was rescanned using modern equipment. Film has a relatively high resolution. I've seen very old films that have been rescanned and the level of detail that can be seen is astounding.
I don't know how popular this T.V. show was, so I can't make a guess as to how probable it is that someone would've gone to the trouble of rescanning it. Or even if the [presumably well preserved] original film might've been available.
Cheers!
Sean C.
