I could use just pixels from Star Wars and make a giant animated penis out of it… still restoration? ok, I’m starting to troll but I seem to have a much stricter interpretation of the term than most people here.
Okay, so instead of your trolling comment, what do you think about registering the prints so that they’re correctly aligned and using pixels from one print that repair damage that is specific to another print? I don’t see how that is not restoration. It’s better than most restorations, even professional ones, that use pixels from adjacent frames to patch the damage.
I’m not sure how strict you’re talking about (scan it and leave it 100% alone?). That would be a preservation of a specific print the way it was seen after x amount of viewings and the damage that came along with all those viewings. If that’s what you consider a restoration, it’s pretty good that Mike isn’t doing it, because it’s a terrible idea for a restoration.