Re: OT: Anyone notice this?

2004-12-03 Thread cbwaters
, December 02, 2004 9:33 PM Subject: Re: OT: Anyone notice this? they do lots of computer processing. there are delays now to precent the wardrobe malfunction, etc. Herb - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 5

OT: Anyone notice this?

2004-12-02 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
With all this talk about wide angles and distortion ... If you watch US pro football on CBS the broadcast seems to be using a rectilinear lens these days. The horizontal lines are just too straight and it's especially easy to see when they shoot from the end zone. Sort of makes TV look like a

Re: OT: Anyone notice this?

2004-12-02 Thread Christian
Collin Brendemuehl wrote on 12/2/2004, 2:29 PM: With all this talk about wide angles and distortion ... If you watch US pro football on CBS the broadcast seems to be using a rectilinear lens these days. The horizontal lines are just too straight and it's especially easy to see when

Re: OT: Anyone notice this?

2004-12-02 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 14:29:28 -0500, Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With all this talk about wide angles and distortion ... If you watch US pro football on CBS the broadcast seems to be using a rectilinear lens these days. The horizontal lines are just too straight and it's

Re: OT: Anyone notice this?

2004-12-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Christian Subject: Re: OT: Anyone notice this? Funny you should mention that. My wife noticed (and she doesn't like American football, being an Aussie) and commented that it looked like a video game. I think that they are shooting at much higher shutter

Re: OT: Anyone notice this?

2004-12-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Dec 2004 at 14:29, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: BTW, rectilinear is a distortion, not the lack of it. It's done to produce an effect which is not natural to either the human eye's vision characteristics or to normal lens designs. Sorry I'll have to respectfully disagree on this one.

RE: OT: Anyone notice this?

2004-12-02 Thread Don Sanderson
I'm not sure I understood all of that, but I believe it qualifies you for the PDML Weekly Big Word Award! ;-) Don -Original Message- From: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 5:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Anyone notice

Re: OT: Anyone notice this?

2004-12-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Dec 2004 at 16:22, William Robb wrote: I think that they are shooting at much higher shutter speeds these days, but NTSC lockes them into a frame rate. I have noticed for quite some times that sports broadcasts tend to have a rather unpleasant jumpiness about them. It has pretty much

Re: OT: Anyone notice this?

2004-12-02 Thread Herb Chong
they do lots of computer processing. there are delays now to precent the wardrobe malfunction, etc. Herb - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 5:22 PM Subject: Re: OT: Anyone notice this? I think