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Analogue recordings of poor quality aren’t the same as poor quality digital recordings. The lack of quality in analogue recordings made the appearance of “paranormal” easier to claim.
Isn’t it interesting how as quality improved, paranormal sightings decreased.
In the very early days of digital photography a ton of people with 1MP cameras were picking up "orbs" and "ectoplasm" and claiming they were ghosts, but I guess that didn't last very long. Your point certainly holds true today in the sense that if you present a low quality digital image today, people assume it's scuffed on purpose and become skeptical.
That was dust close to the camera being illuminated by the flash.
Lots of compact digital cameras were smaller than their film counterparts meaning the lenses and flashes are closer together.
Digital compacts had much smaller sensors than 35mm film so the increased depth of field also meant the dust motes were more defined.