"pixel peeper" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2004 March 27, Michael Reichmann, \"The Case of the Nit Picking Pixel Peepers\", The Luminous Landscape (luminous-landscape.com) (retrieved 23 April 2012)",
          "text": "Those whom I have called pixel peepers are satisfied with nothing less than an intimate dissection of a camera/lens' abilities (always at 100% pixel magnification), without regard for whether or not perceived optical defects are even actually visible in real world prints."
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          "ref": "2006 July 17, Aravind Krishnaswamy, \"Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM review,\" Aravind's Reviews (www.aravind.ca) (retrieved 23 June 2011)",
          "text": "Overall unless you are a merciless pixel peeper I can't imagine someone being unhappy with the sharpness of this lens."
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          "ref": "2007 April 8, “Owners Opinion: Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3”, in www.dpreview.com, retrieved 2011-06-23",
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        "(idiomatic, photography) A person who carefully scrutinizes a magnified digital photograph in order to evaluate resolution and image quality."
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