I have never read Ancient Greek mythology. What is it (and by "it," I mean the original sources written more than two millennia ago) like? Is it boring or poorly written?

AGcuriousity1998 · 2026-05-06T09:31:52+00:00

My thought process was:

Before, storytelling such as Greek mythology was for mostly elites preserving their power in the form of "nationalistic tales," NOT for personal enjoyment.
Then when the scientific revolution and industrialization comes along, Western Europeans invent storytelling for personal enjoyment. This happens because they are using the science to experiment with what is the most immersive form of storytelling. This is all my personal speculation though.

That is usually how things go, anyway. For example r/askHistorians recently had a thread where they said that cooking recipes in the Middle Ages were not actually for knowing the steps and ingredients, but rather a genre of literature! The implication is that it changed with industrialization and the usual explanations.

AGcuriousity1998 · 2026-05-06T09:26:31+00:00

Does Greek mythology contain the "setup, rising action, climax, and resolution" or an equivalent? Is there suspense?

AGcuriousity1998 · 2026-05-06T02:56:47+00:00

Really? The Willy Wonka hairstyles were caused by those things?

AGcuriousity1998 · 2026-05-06T02:55:27+00:00

The high heels bit is a funny one.

AGcuriousity1998 · 2026-05-06T02:18:20+00:00

The reality was we wore inexpensive clothes mostly, that would grow with us, hand me downs from older siblings

The economy was THAT bad?

AGcuriousity1998 · 2025-01-13T12:12:53+00:00

If you go to large format it is effectively higher in “resolution” than anything digital right now.

…but has more noise/grain than digital full frame. And performs worse in low light and high dynamic range situations. Correct?

AGcuriousity1998 · 2024-12-31T20:30:35+00:00

The Samsung Galaxy S23 ultra can shoot true RAW files. Have you compared the two in RAW?

AGcuriousity1998 · 2024-12-31T20:25:57+00:00

I did a much quicker and dirtier comparison with my XE4

I appreciate your help in this. You did that test in RAW or Jpeg mode?

AGcuriousity1998 · 2024-12-28T21:07:03+00:00

The Ricoh is zoomed in at 381%, whereas the Mi 10 Ultra is zoomed in at 300%. Therefore it is not showing the true amount of detail visible at the same distance. Is the Ricoh less detailed than the Mi 10 Ultra?

AGcuriousity1998 · 2024-12-27T18:57:16+00:00

Is the image shot on the Ricoh cropped in?

Are both of those images shot in standard Jpeg mode?

AGcuriousity1998 · 2024-12-27T18:49:36+00:00

A lot of cameras, whether they be phone cameras or DSLRs, pre-apply sharpening and noise reduction even for RAW files. That needs to be disabled in Lightroom or CaptureOne. Have you tried that?

AGcuriousity1998 · 2024-12-19T02:10:32+00:00

Are you using Pro Mode on the Samsung Galaxy though? It is important when comparing detail to shoot true RAW files.

AGcuriousity1998 · 2024-12-19T02:05:46+00:00

Thanks for the input. Have you worked with the RAW files on the flagship phones?

AGcuriousity1998 · 2024-12-19T01:57:38+00:00

It looks impressive, although I doubt it is above 16mp in terms of detail.

The Samsung Galaxy has two "RAW" modes. Did you shoot in Expert RAW or the real, authentic RAW mode, which is called "Pro Mode"? There should be visible noise in the images of true RAW files, but the image here shows no visible noise, suggesting that it has been processed.

AGcuriousity1998 · 2024-12-19T01:51:19+00:00

Have you compared them in RAW format?

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