The author is flat-out wrong in some points, like this one: By doing so, we’re missing the point: the flaws we so deliberately recreate were never intentional

The author is flat-out wrong in some points, like this one: By doing so, we’re missing the point: the flaws we so deliberately recreate were never intentional and never wanted.  The fuzzy glow and odd colour-shifts were to due limitations of the film and processing techniques used. Actually, the films and processing techniques were painstakingly created over the course of a more than a century. Sure, there was certainly as much chance and serendipity involved as there was design, but the chemists, marketers, and end users all made conscious choices to lead us to where we are today.