The paradoxes of digital photography

After reading through Manovich's work it made me really wonder about how the future of imagery and photography might be. I was thinking of things like instagram that let you add a vintage or grainy look to your photos. While at the same time being able to let you view it with the new extremely crisp and clear retina display mac. I am curious if there is going to be a regression back to a desire for a way to apply a look to our photos that are more nostalgic or sentimental? or will it go into a direction of being able to recreate super high defintion images that allow the viewer to pick of the smallest details. My guess is that the majority will continue on the current path of high detail imagery. But there will most likely still always be a desire for a more classic look of images.