I realized a comparison between two old Canon of 2002-2003

Maoby wrote:

Here you describe the first Kodak DCS sensors (1991-1994), and you are right, in your first paragraph,
on the other hand, I no longer agree with you on the rest.

I distinctly remember the first gen 6MP sensors from Canon having issues with 'black dots. The 20D had AF servo banding problems in incandescent light. The 14MP Kodak FF sensors had trouble with violet colors. DR on all these cameras was far less than what we have now. Shadows had almost no recovery ability before banding and bad color kicked in, and blown highlights were pretty much gone also. These issues were not solved by 1995.

I made more than 265 comparisons between the different digital cameras from 1991 to today.
And I often find myself, to my surprise, preferring the results of older cameras, especially with CCD sensors.
And it's not favoritism, these are all cameras from my collection. And I've had several similar comments from enthusiasts of the history of digital photography, right here at DPReview and on other forums.

Whatever your or other's personal preference may be, that has nothing to do with calling an image "digital looking". The early comments years ago of digital images "looking digital" were because they didn't look like film images, which is what everyone was used to. Film had its own "artistic version" of reality. Digital was certainly different, and easy to spot.

How are the early cameras you prefer "less digital looking" than newer cameras? I get that you may prefer their color output, but I truly don't get the comment that newer cameras "look more digital". They're all digital, so what is the scale that defines the "digital-ness" here? It seems like one of those "I know it when I see it but I can't explain it" scenarios. And that's OK too. I'm not being a smart-alec, just trying to understand.

And no, the eye and the brain do not perceive reality, such as a 100 MP CMOS sensor, far from there.
I don't hold the truth, experience it seriously if you are interested.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/maoby/albums/page2

If you're not interested, that's no big deal either.

I've got a few images on my hard drive from an old 640x480 Sony Mavica my dad had that used floppy drives. I'm sure you own every version Sony ever made lol. Now those images...look digital! Actually, they just look terrible. But it was a fun novelty back then.