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They printed from the legally-acceptable digitized copy made presumably in the ‘80s. They’re not going to dig out the fragile fiche or paper unless absolutely necessary, which satisfying a bunch of conspiracy theorists isn’t. All the “massaging” was a matter of course as I explained. The “halo” effect is a normal artifact of extreme image compression on low resolution data, which is obvious from the final image.

To establish the legitimacy of a President is not sufficient reason to "dig out the fragile (micro) fiche" ? What would be a good enough reason for you to trouble a lazy bureaucrat to do their job? This I gotta hear!

“All master microfilm created today uses a polyester plastic backing. Under proper storage conditions, today’s film has a 500 year Life Expectance (LE). The older acetate films have no more than a 100 year LE. “

Under proper storage conditions, any records that were microfilmed in the 1960’s would still have a very viable Master. Even the service copies of the newspapers that obama’s “birth announcements” are in are, for the most part, still legible. I refer to the ones in the very worst condition of course.

Microfilm Masters are not terribly fragile if stored properly.

Here is a site that has good info:

http://www.heritagemicrofilm.com