Technically modern lenses are way more accurate than vintage ones, but photography is only partly about technicalities. Lenses are so sharp nowadays that now yo

Technically modern lenses are way more accurate than vintage ones, but photography is only partly about technicalities. Lenses are so sharp nowadays that now you can spend hundreds of dollars on "black pro mist" filters, which introduce diffusion into the image. Seems silly but people like the effect. Probably because most phone cameras today can produce sharper pictures than 40 year old SLR lenses and people have gotten used to it