karohemd: by LJ user gothindulgence (Eye)
Ozzy ([personal profile] karohemd) wrote2009-12-19 12:43 am

Enhance!

One of my computer related bugbears in TV/cinema, along with random typing to do stuff:



Yes, there are reflections and if the resolution is good enough, you can get closer (see icon, which is a very tight crop rather than an enhancement/zoom) but never ever from CCTV footage.
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[personal profile] fearmeforiampink 2009-12-19 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
In future stuff it's a little more reasonable, as they could have much higher resolution recordings, but for the most of it I definitely agree.

[identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com 2009-12-19 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah, but all the examples in the clip are modern day. Even in the future, you won't be able to look through walls/around corners a la Blade Runner, unless it's a composite of several cameras around the area or some form of IR/X-ray imaging.
The icon in the post was cropped from a 10MP image at full resolution.