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Love this one.

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WHAT CAN BE SAID IS THE PHOTOS LOOK WAY BETTER ON THE SUBSTACK APP, REGARDLESS OF THE FILTERS, THAN READING FROM THE EMAILED POST. COULD LEAD TO MORE QUESTIONS ❓

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This was really interesting!

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halfway through I was about to message/respond/ whatever and tell you that the filters were the thing you wanted from the camera in terms of a marker of an era, and then you arrived there yourself, so I didn't have to message - but I wanted it to be known that I thought that and the world is meaningless, so, nice post

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For my tastes, the crops do more to enhance than the filters. But I’ve never cared for filters much.

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Those filters are so dated! But the pictures are timeless.

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The quality drop-off is wild. Fun and thought provoking read. I LOVE being able to see the originals of those crunchy ig burnt posts.

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I avoided those filters as much as possible. I was more into just using edits to slightly adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, etc... When I did use the occasional filter, I usually dialed it down a bit to keep more of the original image's integrity intact.

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Agree 100%. I looked back this week and found all the iPhone 6 images I took with filters. It was a rite of passage. A brief one.

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Sounds like a dream job however I'd have lost my mind over the cropping and filters. But then again I also have control issues...

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